Snelled hook holder

A device for releasably holding snelled fish hooks, each fish hook having a leader extending therefrom, said device comprising in combination:

• a. a hook holder means for releasably receiving the point of each fish hook;
• b. coil spring means for compressively engaging the leader of each hook attached to said hook holder means intermediate adjacent coils of said coil spring means, said coil spring means including a longitudinally extending internal channel;
• c. a spacer member for maintaining said coil spring means in spaced relationship to said hook holder means, said spacer member comprising:
• i. first and second arm means extending from said hook holder means;
• ii. first leg means extending from said first arm means in a first direction through said channel of said coil spring means and second leg means extending from said second arm means in a second direction through said channel of said coil spring means, whereby, said first and second leg means longitudinally segregate said coil spring means into halves and permit insertion of different leaders from opposed sides of said coil spring means and intermediate the same adjacent coils without having the leaders tangle with one another;
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• iii. first bend means extending from said first leg means for engaging one end of said coil spring means and second bend means extending from said second leg means for engaging another end of said coil spring means, whereby, said coil spring is maintained upon said first and second leg means intermediate said first and second bend means.