With Breakaway Hook For Gaffing Powerful Fish! 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. Like the Taper-Tip Aluminum Gaffs, the shafts of these Flying Gaffs are "swaged" for uniform strength from end to end, thereby eliminating unnecessary weight. The 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 post affixed to the shaft. When a fish is gaffed, this line snaps, providing a clean and immediate release. A machined aluminum gimbal at the butt of the shaft secures the attachment rope; and along with the plastic insert in the tip, prevents water from seeping into the shaft. If dropped overboard, the gaff handle (minus hook) will float! Shafts are 6 ft 7" long, with 1-3/8" butt diameters fitted with two black non-slip grips, and anodized with a rich Gold finish for beauty and resistance to corrosion.