Let's make a fish arrow....

[John Nail]

We'll start with a vented Magnus I managed to bend (yes, I missed the critter and hit a rock)
 

[LBR]

Dad-gum it John--speed it up!  I plan to go chase gar and carp tomorrow, and need all the help I can get!

Chad

[John Nail]

The tools we need are a vise, a grinder of some kind, and a drill.
 

[John Nail]

the first cut--simply grind off the back brace.Then turn it over in the vise and do the other side. NOTE: This makes the head "Barbed" and immediately illegal in most states for hunting game, but OK for fish.
   

[John Nail]

Drill a small hole through the shaft right at the back of the head. This is an old ML8 fiberglass shaft, but my bud Kenny uses Hickory. If you wanted more weight, you could use a solid fiberglass blank, or metal, or whatever.
 

[John Nail]

run a piece of staging or heavy weedeater cord through the hole, tie a knot, and half-hitch it at the other end. Superglue stops the fiberglass/wood from fraying or splitting. Just make the line taut. You don't want it to warp the arrow. Be sure to coat the half-hitches with superglue.
   
I fletched this one with Rain Vanes from 3rivers, but any old plastic vanes will do.
I connect a snap swivel onto the green line you see, and simply unsnap it and pull the arrow on through the fish.

[John Nail]

and I like to carry a few along when I'm wading a creek, so I use a piece of PVC with an old camera strap for a back quiver.
 

[John Nail]

It does work.....
 

[John Nail]

Chad, is that quick enough?

[TRADITIONAL ONLY]

ok how about i make a suggestion? why dont you just use crimps on the weedeater line to secure it, like what comes with regular cable slides, or maybe even using a saftey slide?  i made an arrow to shoot fish and moved the stopper to the saftey slide to in front of the fletching. aint got the chance to really use it, but in the proto-type phase it worked...

[LBR]

Thanks John--cool pic to boot!

Chad