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Old 05-14-2010, 09:25 PM   #10
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Re: Buddy Diving Problem in the PNW

Ron - Good suggestion. We do use float lines and floats in open water when not diving in kelp. Kelp is too entangling for us with the float line as we twist and turn and go up and down through it. Float line is getting constantly tangled in the kelp. I have read recently where Bill Mc. and others use a "carrot" float that apparently slides through the kelp without getting tangled like a riffe float would, which is what we have been using. I need to find out where to get one of those "carrots" and try it out.

You still have to stay a considerable distance away from your buddy if you have float lines or you are constantly getting tangled up with each other's lines - but it sure does provide a visual reference quickly, as you said. The distance you have to stay apart to avoid float line entanglements kind of defeats the concept of having the buddy there to catch your SWB event, however.

Maybe we could use one gun with one float line, and you trade the gun/floatline combo back and forth between you, with the float line providing the one up guy with visual reference for the one down as he follows the carrot float. Are we on to something here? Both guys would have to like the same gun.
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