The fish we are shooting here are yellowtail that weigh 25-30 lb.  Flags on the floats are essential for bluewater drift diving.  It is possible to lose a diver if he gets swept away in strong current.
As you all know, spearing fish while freediving is potentially dangerous.  Large fish can drown a diver if he gets tangled in line, he can become "lost at sea", hit by boats, eaten by sharks, speared by his buddy and just plain drown due to "shallow water blackout".  Spearfishing can be an obsession which ruins marriages and relationships.  Like any big game fishing, it can be very expensive.  Each of the rigged guns in the picture above is worth quite a bit more than a thousand dollars. Float rigs are also very expensive, as well as the basic cost of the trips. You can go broke persuing blue water fish. This is a risk which is seldom discussed by spearfishermen.

For more information on safe and responsible spearfishing offshore in blue water see Dr.Terry Maas' book BlueWater Hunting and Freediving.

Spearfishing is a potentially dangerous and always exciting sport.  Luck always plays a big role in determining what swims up to look at you. Without appropriate spearfishing equipment, a diver may lose the best fish he has ever seen.  It is wrong to shoot fish with a speargun that you have no chance of landing.  Responsible spearfishing means that when you select your fish to kill, you have a very good chance of landing it.  The use of small, weak spearguns and inadequate float rigs to hunt large gamefish is innapropriate for big fish. Make your own big game speargun or purchase one from a quality manufacturer like Riffe International.

I am not making any more spearguns in the forseeable future and I don't sell any components. Don't contact me. Thanks.