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TYherndon:
WBA is a great organisation lots of great people in it and very active. Most of which will almost through you on the boat to show you. As for Western washington shooting ive head of such a thing but never done it. Lake washington has carp but I dont know the REGS on it. Bowfishing Extreme is a great place to start for equipment, for the price start with a Muzzy and a shoot through eye for the line. Addicting is an understatement I see a flat bottom boat and alot of sun in your future! Have fun with it!! BTW there is a night shoot next weekend on the potholes!

camano gibby:
Good information guys.......thanks for the help.  I will definitely look into the Silver Bowman, and the WBA orgs.

Thanks again..........Gibby

huntingfool7:
The bottle reels are the only way to go.  You can miss, recover, miss, recover and miss again while your partner is retrieving his first arrow with the hoop style line holder.   I believe the bottle reels are also much safer as far as keeping the line from getting tangled and causing snap backs.

I've always brought lots of spare arrows with safety slides attached but truthfully if you're not shooting too strong of a bow, you'll likely go all day with the same arrow.  Powerful bows will break lines and also bury arrows into the cattail roots.

fishwhackin:
If you are using a muzzy style, 888, 808 etc reel setup do not use a safety slide.  Safety slides are good for the bottle reels and in windy conditions where you cannot keep the line from tangling around your hand or rest.  Reason for not using them with a muzzy style reel etc. is that it will not let you know if you have forgot to push your release button and cause a snap back.  Sometimes it will strip out your reel or snap your string but your teeth and eyes will appreciate you not using a safety slide.
Be careful shooting straight down into rocks without a spring pin being inserted through your arrow and tip.  I have never experienced a snap back due to my reel but I have twice in one day had an arrow shaft bust the epoxy while hitting a rock dead on and shoot straight back at my face out of the water without the tip.
Western Washington bowfishing?  Be careful to not shoot grass carp and have fun explaining to the police and WDFW why you are shooting fish and how you are not a terrorist threat when the liberals on Lake Washington call you in for not breaking the law.
Overall, I prefer the muzzy reel over a retriever style any day of the week since I can "reel" my fish in vice hand pulling the line.  I use 200# brownell fast flight line and seldom lose any arrows due to the line strength.  However, that crap will burn a scar into the back of your hand that will hurt like no other when sweating in the summer sun when not using a safety slide and minding your line slack/position.
Hopefully this will help a little.
Enjoy!

huntingfool7:
There was a video on one of the suppliers websites about snap back.  If you just tie to the end of the arrow that line has slack in it when you fire off a shot.  In the video, that line can throw a hitch around your bowstring and cause a snap back.  If using an 888 or 808 means not using a safety slide, I wouldn't consider anything but the bottle reel.

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