Fishing device
OwnerHorace S. McCoyinventor
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Abstract
A device for attachment to a fishing line in the vicinity of the fish hook for preventing a fish from swallowing the hook and aiding the fisherman in disgorging the hook from the fish. The device includes a hollow cylindrical member adapted to receive and frictionally engage the fishing line therein. The end of the device closest to the fish hook has structure configured to bear against the barbs of the hook to disgorge the hook from the fish as the hook is drawn towards the device. This structure also prevents rehooking the fish as the hook is withdrawn from the fish.
Claims5
An improved fishing device for attachment to a fishing line having a hook at one end thereof, said device comprising:
- an elongated hollow member open at both ends and having at least one hole in its wall for providing frictional engagement between said line and said member when said line is threaded through said at least one hole;
- at least one notch, with a generally pointed deep end formed in one end of said hollow member;
- and
- at least one fin projecting outward from said hollow member,
- said notch having said fin associated therewith with the fin being longitudinally displaced from the deep end of the notch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.