In case anyone was interested but didnt see this in the accessories forum

[divezonescuba]

A while back, someone described a technique to recover a lost finger spool while taking a tec course. I believe that the instructor was John Chatterton.

I made a video of this process so others could see what this entailed. Apparently there was too much text reading and the video was also from a pool. So, I have revised the video to make it less objectionable and I have also changed the video to an open water site. The revised video is also more descriptive of the process.

 

[OrcasC205]

Here's simpler version using just a double ender as taught by Guy Shockey of GUE. I've used this I've seen a friend use this technique and it worked great.

 

[Scared Silly]

I just attach my buddy to the line and let the air out of their wing. They go down and my spool comes up.

 

[JohnN]

A while back, someone described a technique to recover a lost finger spool while taking a tec course. I believe that the instructor was John Chatterton.

I made a video of this process so others could see what this entailed. Apparently there was too much text reading and the video was also from a pool. So, I have revised the video to make it less objectionable and I have also changed the video to an open water site. The revised video is also more descriptive of the process.

So what am I missing? If the line is firmly attached to the finger spool, why not just pull the line up?

 

[lowwall]

So what am I missing? If the line is firmly attached to the finger spool, why not just pull the line up?

Because then you have a spaghetti tangle of line all around you. Putting a weight on the line keeps the excess (relatively) safely below you and makes it less likely to tangle after you retrieve the spool and are winding it back up.

 

[happy-diver]

and you don't have to pull anything

Two double enders, is pretty good

 

[jale]

yes no need to take a weight for that: one or 2 double enders or a back-up light and that's it. KISS