Using a Rubber Speargun
Posted on October 19, 2011 | No Comments
Neil Mellon asked:
Being able to effectively use a rubber speargun for spearfishing is a MUST for anyone who wants to spear loads of fish. It would be pointless to buy a rubber speargun and not be able to use it. The technique involved isn’t hard to learn as long as you follow a few simple steps. The first thing to check is that you have the right sized rubbers on your speargun. If the rubbers are too small it will be very hard, if not impossible to load. Whereas if the rubbers are too big the speargun won’t have enough power to fire a spear through a fish.
You need to make sure you have the right number of rubbers on your speargun to be effective wherever it is you plan on spearfishing. A lot of divers have a minimum of two rubbers on their rubber spearguns and in some cases, such as blue water locations, many divers will use 4 or 5 rubbers. Loading the speargun is usually the step most beginners will have trouble with, especially if they’ve never loaded a rubber speargun before. Despite what a lot of people think, loading the speargun is all about technique, not strength. Everyone develops their own little tricks when it comes to loading a speargun, but the main things to remember are:
- Load the speargun in the water
- Place the **** of the speargun against your stomach
- Grab the rubber with both hands and pull it back quickly and confidently. A lot of people try to load their speargun slowly and find they don’t have the strength to do so. The other reason they hesitate is from fear of the rubber snapping or the **** of the rubber speargun slipping and causing them an injury.
Firing the rubber speargun is very easy. Simply pull the trigger!
A few things to keep in mind if you plan on spearfishing for several hours or most of the day are:
- Use a loading pad if your wetsuit is thin to avoid bruising or grazing your stomach.
- Try to hit the fish every time you fire, otherwise loading the rubber speargun will get to be a chore and an unpleasant experience.
- Have some spare rubbers to replace any snapped ones. You don’t want to be in a situation where you’ve found a great spearfishing spot with plenty of fish and you don’t have any rubbers to load your speargun with.
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Being able to effectively use a rubber speargun for spearfishing is a MUST for anyone who wants to spear loads of fish. It would be pointless to buy a rubber speargun and not be able to use it. The technique involved isn’t hard to learn as long as you follow a few simple steps. The first thing to check is that you have the right sized rubbers on your speargun. If the rubbers are too small it will be very hard, if not impossible to load. Whereas if the rubbers are too big the speargun won’t have enough power to fire a spear through a fish.
You need to make sure you have the right number of rubbers on your speargun to be effective wherever it is you plan on spearfishing. A lot of divers have a minimum of two rubbers on their rubber spearguns and in some cases, such as blue water locations, many divers will use 4 or 5 rubbers. Loading the speargun is usually the step most beginners will have trouble with, especially if they’ve never loaded a rubber speargun before. Despite what a lot of people think, loading the speargun is all about technique, not strength. Everyone develops their own little tricks when it comes to loading a speargun, but the main things to remember are:
- Load the speargun in the water
- Place the **** of the speargun against your stomach
- Grab the rubber with both hands and pull it back quickly and confidently. A lot of people try to load their speargun slowly and find they don’t have the strength to do so. The other reason they hesitate is from fear of the rubber snapping or the **** of the rubber speargun slipping and causing them an injury.
Firing the rubber speargun is very easy. Simply pull the trigger!
A few things to keep in mind if you plan on spearfishing for several hours or most of the day are:
- Use a loading pad if your wetsuit is thin to avoid bruising or grazing your stomach.
- Try to hit the fish every time you fire, otherwise loading the rubber speargun will get to be a chore and an unpleasant experience.
- Have some spare rubbers to replace any snapped ones. You don’t want to be in a situation where you’ve found a great spearfishing spot with plenty of fish and you don’t have any rubbers to load your speargun with.
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