I recently had the opportunity to go on my first bowfishing trip with a couple of avid fish hunters in Southwest Missouri. These guys have several bows set up and plenty of arrows so they said to just show up ready to do a lot of shooting. Muzzy had sent the writeoutdoors crew some fish arrows to try out, so they gave them to me to take along for the trip. When we met up for the evening and I was getting instructions on the equipment and the basics on shooting fish I noticed that all of their bows are set up with Muzzy bowfishing rests and they only shoot Muzzy arrows. By the end of the evening I would understand the reasoning behind their choice of equipment.

Many times throughout the night we got into areas with many fish and the Muzzy Fish Hook rest allowed for quick follow up shots after a miss, before all the fish had scattered. It’s unique C-shaped design cradles your arrow so it doesn’t fall off, just drop the arrow onto the rest and it stays right in the slotted launcher section. It is durable and also height adjustable for "off the shelf" shooting or normal rest height setting. It was a definite must have when we got into areas with many fish and needed quick follow up shots after a miss. It’s nice not having to worry about your arrow being on a rest correctly while trying to quickly ready for another shot, while in the dark, keeping your eye on the fish and getting your line reeled back up.

The Muzzy Classic fish arrows were amazingly durable; if you are familiar with Southwestern Mo. then you know that it’s just a big rock. I couldn’t believe how they held up to being beat against all the rocks, stumps and limbs by a big thrashing carp, and then handling the weight of those fish as you grab the arrow and sling them into the boat. We were using the carp points on these arrows and that is an extremely tough point Muzzy has created. After shooting them into the rock bottoms of the lake we were hunting, I figured that we would be changing points or arrows frequently, but there was definitely no need for that. I was shocked to see how they kept their shape and to hear my guides tell me that they only need to change or grind their points after approximately five nights of frequent shooting. Check out the pictures I took of my point the next morning to see how well it retained the original shape.