where to buy gear?
 

hey im new to bowfishing and wondering where i could buy reels arrows etc. i have a fred bear longbow to use but just need the reel and arrows thanks a lot


-carpcatcher-

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also how would i rig up an old spin cast reel to the arrow?

RE: where to buy gear?
 

Hey carpcatcher. Welcome to the sport.

There's a few places to get your gear. http://www.fdarchery.com/
is one. http://www.bowfishingextreme.com/
is another, and http://www.backwaterbowfishing.com/is another. Any or all of them should have whatever you're looking for.

For setting up a traditional bow without any of the holes drilled and tapped in the riser, you'll need atraditional mount, found on this page; http://www.bowfishingextreme.com/ItemsForSale/ReelSeats/bowfishing%20reel%20seats.htm
This will allow you to mount either a Retriever-reel to the side of your bow, or a reel-seat and spincast-reel to the front of your bow, without drilling holes in your bow.

Next, get you at least 2 arrows with safety-slides or stainless-steel rings to tie your line to. You really don't want to tie yourline to the back of the arrow because when you draw, the string will come back past your rest and have a chance to get tangled on it, or your cables, and snap back in your face upon release.

The more popular spincast-reels are the ones with the bigger holes in the face to accomodate the thicker line you'll be using. Muzzy has a good one out, as well as Zebco (808 or 888, I forget which is better) and the Shakespeare TI-20. Just gotta remember to push the release-button before you shoot. Your reel will last alot longer. And if you go with the spincast setup, get a good reel-seat, like the blue one from Muzzy, or the black and gold one from Cajun. You'll see them both on the above-page with the traditional-mount.

Hope this helps. Good luck and post pics when you shoot some.

Almost forgot; you need some heads on those arrows. I think it's safe to say that Muzzy is pretty popular and easy to use. When thehead goes through a fish, just give the tip a turn or two, reverse the barbs and slide the arrow out. Turn the barbs back down, tighten up the tip and you're back in the fish.

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http://www.sullysbowfishing.com/ Sullys is another great place to get gear. WCL

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Yes he is....usually. The only reason I didn't mention him is because he doesn't answer any of our emails or phone-calls. Don't know if it's because of the site we're on, or the club we're in, but either way, it doesn't reflect too well on the way one runs their company, and I can't refer someone to a business run like that. These other guys I mentioned are top-notch, always have whatever you want in stock and will answer emails and phone calls when you have questions, or just want to order something from them.

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IC. Never heard that before I guess. I've ordered alot of stuff from there and never had any problems but i guess I've never had the need to contact them either. I've used Backwater too and they are great as well. I know of F&D too becuase they are in the same county I live in here in WI but I've never bought anythgin from them but plan on getting a rest from them for my cuda unless I decide to make my own. We don't order stuff anymore though cuz we get our muzzy and browning stuff now for cost from a localArcheryshop that iskindasponsering us in a way by giving us all our gearfor cost so thats really nice now. Can't wait for the water and the season to open back up so we can set the boat up again and get backout there and break the new bows in with some fish stickin and get the tournys started again. WCL

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What they said!!