Fishing device

In a fishing device for locating the depth of a body of water and for permitting at least one fish hook affixed to a fishing line to be set at any desired height relative to the bed of said body of water, the improvement which comprises:

• a. a float;
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• b. a tubular assembly carried by said float, said assembly including:
• 1. a passageway extending throughout the length of the assembly adapted to permit insertion of the line at a top of the passageway and emergence of the line at a bottom of the passageway;
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• 2. a first frictional means adapted to permit a first frictional engagement of said line at a point intermediate the top and the bottom of the passageway, in a manner so as to restrict movement of the line towards the top of the passageway, but not to restrict movement of the line towards the bottom of the passageway when said first frictional means is engaged;
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• 3. a second frictional means adapted to permit a second frictional engagement of said line at a point proximate to the bottom of said passageway, in a manner so as to restrict all movement of the line when said second frictional means is engaged;
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• 4. disengagement means for disengaging the first and second frictional means, such that when the disengagement means has been actuated, said line is capable of being moved freely toward the top or the bottom of the passageway and when said disengagement means has not been actuated, said first frictional means is engaged alone, or in combination with engagement of said second frictional means.