Thread: Spearfishing

Originally Posted by Gkp

Hey guys, good thread!
I just purchased a manny sub 1200 inverted roller for up coming blue water trip. I took it out over the weekend to do some target practice and shoot it for the first time in the lake. It is a serious weapon! Compared to my 1300 double 16mm which punched a the spear half way into a piece of 120mm eps(high density foam) the inverted roller sent the spear right through and pulled 6 ft of line through the other side. It is comparable to a compound bow where you can't see the spear fly it is going that quick!
The inverted roller probably won't get much use in nz unless targeting tuna or big kingies but definitely worth having for bigger fish.

Sounds familiar. My Inverted roller is a 1300, and my double rollers are the same length. And my most used gun is a 110 enclosed track woodie with 2 x 16mm rubbers.
For most of the year, the big fish just aren't around Wellington, so the rollers are just stored away for the odd trip I take to the tropics.

Saying that, the next project gun is a 90cm wooden enclosed track, mid handled, single roller.... for when the vis is really bad during winter, or after the big summer storms when the vis is bad, but the kingies are around in numbers.