2.1M views · 29K reactions | Spearing fish with the atlatl is one of the oldest and most effective methods for small scale, primitive fishing methods. A bone point is used, hafted with sinew and coated in a water resistant layer of pine pitch. | HuntPrimitive / Gill's Primitive Archery | Facebook

Many people understand the concept of the atlatl. Some are even pretty good at throwing one, especially the modern carbon or dowel-rod versions, or professionally built sets even like the HuntPrimitive RiverCane sets that we sell. However, it is extremely humbling to source your own natural hardwood shafts, straighten them, splice them, size them, drill them with a rock, fletch them, and develop not just one spear, but a set that all fly CLEAN, and of similar weight. Then, make sure they aren't