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Old 23-12-03, 04:10 PM
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On another forum (I never seem to do work these days) I read about a technique for remaining motionless in a drift without using a reef hook or holding onto something.  

Would this be simply sitting behind a rock, using the backflow of water to keep you still?  Or some sinister little-known technique?

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Is this a "Jon line" which has a loop at one end that is threaded through itself around the shot line and the other end attached to the diver. The loop can be moved up the shot line as the stops require?
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<font color='#000080'>DIR divers are so streamlined that they are able to hover motionless in a current, much the same sharks etc.



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Hmmm...good suggestions!

I think there was supposed to be no line attached to them. &nbsp;

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<font color='#000080'>No probs with remaining motionless in a drift but you never know where you end up.
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To me the idea of a drift dive is to drift - where have I been going wrong all these years?! &nbsp;
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I saw this somewhere as well. IIRC it was something to do with arching your back. It created faster moving water above you and slower below you(might be vice-versa) and thus you could just hover in the one spot without drifting anywhere.

It maybe works a bit like a 'chopper rotor, dunno though!

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