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On1/15/99 2:10 PM, Paltz, Art wrote:

>When I deploy the reel I don't do it by the end, always have my gloves
>close to the reel portion.  I also deploy by wrapping it under
>something.  I don't shoot the bag like you see in the old videos where
>the person fills it and let's it fly.  I find that you have a lot more
>control and another person and easily help.  You can also pull up on the
>line to create friction if it gets out of control.  Naturally you look
>for a smooth pipe, not a jagged edge.
>

Art -

What's standard practice for New Jersey deco these days?  It sounds like 
you're still shooting lift bags from the wreck and tying off, but if 
you're not carrying large upline reels of sisal (the way I was taught 
before I moved to Miami and learned better <g>), how are you recovering 
the nylon line?  And if you're using nylon line, why carry it on a 
difficult to stow "mini upline" reel?  Why not use a penetration reel and 
clip it to your butt D-ring? For that matter, why not run a continuous 
guideline from the hook and just return to the anchor line at the end of 
the dive?

Since I didn't do much east coast diving before coming to the land of 
drift deco, I've always been curious about this.


Best regards --

Bill

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