Fishing in the UK

[Scythe13]

Well, you know me, always one to buck the trend......SPEAR FISHING!!!!

I've got 5 weeks experience in this, and the only thing I can say is that unless you're directly above the fish, the density of the water will mean your eye will get the distance/angle wrong. You'll be stabbing where you think the fish is, but not where it actually is. It's called refraction. So if you're above water and spear fishing, don't aim where you can see the fish. You'll miss 100% of the time....I promise. You need to aim slightly closer to yourself (in shallow water, at most a couple of inches). Or, wait until the fish is directly below you, which takes refraction out of the equation.