Floatline Clutch VS Tuna Clips - Bluewater Spearing

Floatline Clutch vs Tuna Clips For Floatline Retrieval

 

Floatline Clutch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANvt-gbM0CA

The Floatline Clutch is a friction increasing device that functions like a chinses fingertrap sleeved over the floatline itself. The float is connected directly to the clutch. Once you shoot your fish, you are able to pull the floatline through the clutch to shorten its length. When the fish makes a second run the clutch pulls tight and you can maintain the progress you have made. 

Additional benefits to the clutch are that it allows you to adjust the length of your floatline by simply pulling the end through the back end of the clutch. This helps because you don’t have to own different floatlines for shallow reef and deep water. You can just buy one and call it a day. 

Really the only downside to the clutch is that it is a few dollars more than a tuna clip. Check out this video of the clutch in action.

 

Tuna Clips

Tuna clips are inexpensive and readily available.  They are the old fashion way of pulling in fish while fighting them from the surface, which means they are time tested. This process has both the floatline and a tuna clip connected to the float, with the tuna clip attached by a D-Shackle. Then you clip the tuna clip to the floatline. You pull the floatline through the tuna clip as you fight the fish to keep your progress.  

The hazard to this method is that it creates a large loop in the water. If your fish is strong enough it can pull the float out of your reach, you may find yourself entangled in your floatline and making an unexpected dive.