Pigtail fishhook

A method for attaching line to a pigtail fastener comprising the following steps:

• (a) providing a pigtail fastener characterized by having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end defining a shaft, the distal end including a coiled portion which defines an arc of about 540 degrees or more, the coiled portion being immediately adjacent to said shaft;
• (b) providing a length of line having a free end and a secured end;
• (c) winding the line about the shaft so that the secured end is positioned toward said proximal end of said pigtail fastener and the free end is positioned toward said distal end of said pigtail fastener, thereby producing a plurality of wound loops about the shaft;
• (d) crossing said free end of the line and said secured end of the line in opposing directions across the wound loops, relative to the fishhook;
• (e) pulling the secured end of the line toward the distal end of the fishhook while providing tension upon the free end of the line so as to prevent unwinding of the line from said shaft;
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• (f) pulling the secured end of the line and the wound loops between the shaft and the coiled portion thereby securing the wound loops therebetween.

A method for attaching line to a pigtail fastener comprising the following steps:

• (a) providing a pigtail fastener characterized by having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end defining a shaft, the distal end including a coiled portion of the shaft which defines an arc of about 540 degrees or more, the coiled portion having an eyelet which passes therethrough, the coiled portion being adjacent to said shaft, the coiled portion further having a line receiving lip portion which protrudes away from the shaft, the lip portion constructed and arranged to receive a portion of the line therein;
• (b) providing a length of line having a free end and a secured end;
• (c) threading the free end of the line through the eyelet;
• (d) wrapping the free end of the line against the shaft;
• (e) winding the secured end of the line around the shaft and free end of the line one or more times;
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• (f) pulling the secured end of the line back toward the coiled portion and inserting the secured end of the line in between the coiled portion and the line receiving lip portion thereby securing the secured end of the line.

A method of forming a universally adjustable securment strap comprising the teps of:

• (a) providing at least one pigtail fastener, the at least one pigtail fastener characterized as having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end defining a hook region, the hook region including a distally extending shaft, the distal end including a coiled portion of the shaft which defines an arc of about 540 degrees or more, the coiled portion having an eyelet which passes therethrough, the coiled portion being adjacent to said shaft, the coiled portion further having a line receiving lip portion which protrudes away from the shaft, the lip portion constructed and arranged to receive a portion of the line therein;
• (b) providing a line, the line having a predetermined length, the line further characterized as having a first end and a second end;
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• (c) attaching the at least on pigtail fastener to any point along the length of the line with the process of threading a first end of the line through the eyelet, holding the first end of the line against the shaft, winding a second end of the line around the shaft and the first end of the line one or more times, and pulling the second end of the line back toward the coiled portion and inserting the second end of the line in between the coiled portion and the line receiving lip portion thereby securing the second end of the line.