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Im guessing he was using dacron? That stuff stretches like a rubber band!

Glad he's ok...
I just can't understand anyone that has "safety" in mind and insists on slides, but still uses dacron line. Dacron mixed with bowfishing is a hazard in itself. I know a guy that ended up with a far worse wound than the guy in this post when he pulled real hard to get his arrow out of a root wad and it shot back 20 feet right into his face.

If I had a choice in using 400 ff tied to the back or that dacron line with slides, I would pick the 400 tied to the back as the safest. I have had the mystery knot with 400 break and seen it one other time. Anything knots up with dacron and you are in trouble, whether it is the snap back knot, a tangle in the reel, a wrap around a rest...whatever.

I'm not preaching against slides...but using them with dacron is a contridiction.
 
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