AFTCO Flying Gaff Complete with 8″ Hook

The slim, tapered tips of AFTCO’s Taper-Tip Flying Gaffs slice through water faster and
with greater accuracy to minimize the problems of gaffing powerful fish.

Features

• 2.18m total length
• 20cm hook
• Swaged for uniform strength from end to end, thereby eliminating unnecessary weight
• Hook seats in a tough plastic insert fitted into the gaff tip, and is held in place by a length of 20-lb. test line tied to a steel
• Machined aluminum gimbal
• Two black non-slip grips
• Anodized with a rich gold finish for beauty and resistance to corrosion
• Barbed hooks are made from corrosion-resistant stainless steel and will not straighten out in regular use
• Triangular points give better penetration and are easy to sharpen

Notes
AFTCO Flying Gaffs should be rigged with soft, 5/8″ diameter, 3-strand nylon rope spliced directly to the hook eye. IGFA allows a maximum combined length of 25 feet of total rope and hook,
but for most boats, the rope should only be as long as the farthest distance a crew member can reach with the gaff from its point of attachment to the boat.

Flying gaff hooks should be tied in to the stainless attaching post on the aluminum handle using a single turn of 20 or 30lb line.

The nylon rope should be stretched tight and passed around the end of the handle, through the gimbal, and back up past the second handle grip, where it can be secured with a couple of wraps of 1″ masking tape.
The rope should be gripped to the handles by the gaffer, and released as soon as the gaff hook
is planted into the fish and breaks loose from the handle.