Retrieval device for fishing tackle

A fishing tackle retriever comprising

• a weighted elongated body member having a forward portion and a rearward portion,
• an attachment member at the rearward portion thereof for connection to a retriever line,
• a pair of forwardly converging limbs extending from the said forward portion terminating in an upwardly directed closed loop to receive a snagged fishing line, said limbs including an openable metallic spring means forming a slot to admit said snagged line, said snagged fishing line being admittable to said closed loop by means of manually springing apart two contiguous unjoined portions of one of said limbs, said limbs being sufficiently spaced to permit the retriever to ride over a portion of the snagged fishing tackle whereby said loop can sit on a narrower portion of said tackle to engage the tackle on retrieval of said retriever line,
• a rear guide member on the upper rearward portion of said weighted body member for admitting and being guided by the snagged line, and
• a longitudinal groove in the weighted body, said rear guide member, and the upper portion of said closed loop, all being in longitudinal alignment for close guiding by the snagged fishing line.