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Dive Rite 50' or 120' Finger Spool with Double Ended Snap Bolt
Features:
- DuPont fiber braid line provides strength and minimizes fraying
- Orange Dacron line does not stretch, keeping tension firm
- Uses #24 braid line giving 220-lbs of breakage strength
- Injection molded polycarbonate spools resist breakage and cracking
- Marine grade stainless steel double ended bolt snap is rust and corrosion resistant
- Available in Standard White or Hi-Viz Orange
- 50' Line: 5 oz (141.7g)
- 120' Line: 6 oz (170g)
In the early days of cave diving, reels were not available to buy off the shelf. Divers used anything they could, including empty electrical wire spools. When exploring, divers would pay out the line and if they didn't empty the spool it would be left in the cave for the next dive. Cave diving pioneer, Woody Jasper, used a medical tape spool with cover to hold that short length of safety line. Today, the 50-foot or 125-foot Finger Spool is most often used as a gap reel or for short distance exploration. Small and low-profile, a spool fits nicely out of the way in a pocket or clipped off to a D-ring. The holes in the side allow for clipping in a double ended snap anywhere along the perimeter of the spool to keep the line tight when not in use. Made of ABS plastic, finger spools are simple to use and virtually indestructible in the water. They come standard with a large stainless double ended clip.
