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crookedeye
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posted 05/13/2006 07:58 AM EST.
I was wondering were's the best place to tie the knot on a fishing arrow ? in the front by the point are the back by were the fletching should be.
Reason asking because i was shooting my recurve into the lake the other night just practicing and it seems like my arrow flew like crap on longer shots. i tie mind up front just slip the string through the hole and tie a knot ,iis there a better way..
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safety slide
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Response #1 posted 05/13/2006 08:41 AM EST.
You should not even bother with fletching take it off and you should by a safety slide system instead of tying line to the arrow, that way the arrow has near perfect flight and this way you dont have to worry about snap back.
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Bob Stokes
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Response #2 posted 05/13/2006 09:15 AM EST.
Crookedeye,
The old convention was to run the line through the hole near the nock and then up to the point and tie off. This puts drag on the rear of the arrow as it should be for proper flight. But as time went by and people learned of the dangers of getting the line hung on the rest, or a watch, or whatever there were inovations to provide both good flight and less line tangle. First there was a heavy gauge wire leader attached from the front of the arrow to the rear and a sliding swivel connecting the line to this leader. This way the line could sart out at the front of the arrow where it would be less likely to tangle but then slide back to the rear of the arrow at the shot to allow proper flight. This is sometimes called Muzzy rigging.
Then came the safety slide as mentioned above. It accomplishes the same thing with a plastic slide around the arrow that the line attaches to.
I've used both of these and they both work well.
However neither of them eliminate snap back, they only reduce the chance. I recently got a poke in the leg from a stingaree pointed shaft using a safety slide. Luckily the tangle didn't happen until the arrow had gone quite a ways so it was almost out of power when it hit me.
Bob
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Deerminator
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Response #3 posted 05/13/2006 09:58 AM EST.
Bob is right. The best way to be safe is to pay attention to what your doing and develop a technique that is safe and stay with it.
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Alex
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Response #4 posted 05/13/2006 11:08 AM EST.
Dont hesitate... Dont debate...
Safety slide on a fletchless arrow!.
I have personally seen arrows come back on 3 different people. Only one person was hurt and not too badly but he had a big old split lip for the rest of the weekend.
It could have been far worse.
Get the safety slides on your arrows and you wont even have to think about it.
Just remember, not all snap backs are due to the rest. Keep your line wet and free of knots!
Knock em down 
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new kid
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Response #5 posted 05/13/2006 03:31 PM EST.
Me and my friend were out bowfishing the other day when my friend went to shoot at a fish(He uses a drum reel), but he didnt notice that his line had gotten tangled up behind the reel.Luckily he had a safety slide on his arrow because when he shot the line got tangled up around the reel and the arrow came back and went half way through his right ear (nock first).The doctor said another inch amd a half and he would have been dead.
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Deerminator
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Response #6 posted 05/13/2006 04:51 PM EST.
When that used to happen to me on occasion the line would break. Never had any injuries.
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carpkiller
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Response #7 posted 05/16/2006 09:23 AM EST.
SAFETY SLIDES SHOULD ONLY BE USED ON A HAND WRAP REEL!! NOT ON A SPIN CAST REEL! IF YOU SHOOT A SPIN CAST REEL WITH "SAFETY SLIDES" IT ALLOWS YOU TO DRAW YOUR BOW WITH OUT PUSHING THE BUTTON OR YOU COULD HAVE A HANG UP INSIDE YOUR REEL WHICH COULD RESULT TO A SNAPBACK. EITHER WAY YOU GO ITS GOING TO BE SOMEWHAT DANGEROUS
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panman
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Response #8 posted 05/17/2006 09:00 AM EST.
The best way i know of is to use a liter line,so that it will break if you have a hang up.Most lines of 50 -75 lbs.will break,and it should handle most of the fish you will shoot anyway.
If you are going to be shooting in the ocean,or going after very big fish you have to concider that also.Im a little behinde the times in all the new gear out there,in that i havent been shooting fish for a long time.Bob Stokes,as you all no ,gives good advice
and he knows what he is talking about from first hand experience.I would go with his advice and not look back.That arrow is very dangerious.Altho its been a long long time i still rember a few close calls.pan.
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