Fishing line signal

A fishing line signal comprising a housing, means mounting the housing on a fishing rod, signal producing means supported by said housing and a switch assembly mounted on said housing in adjustable position and grippingly receiving a fishing line to interrupt a circuit to the signal producing means when the fishing line is positioned in the switch assembly and completing a circuit to the signal producing means when the fishing line is pulled from the switch assembly and means mounting the switch assembly adjustably on the housing to position it in optimum position for receiving the fishing line and varying the pulling force required on the line to remove the fishing line from the switch assembly, said signal producing means including a selector switch to actuate a signal when the circuit to the signal producing means is completed, said housing including a battery assembly for providing a source of electrical energy to operate the signal producing means, said switch assembly including a stationary jaw with a gripping surface and a movable jaw with a gripping surface with the gripping surfaces adapted to receive a fishing line therebetween to space the gripping surfaces apart and frictionally secure the fishing line therebetween, the movable jaw including a contact member, said switch assembly including a stationary contact member with the movable contact member being spaced from the stationary contact member when the fishing line is between the gripping surfaces to interrupt the circuit to the signal producing means, spring means biasing the movable jaw to fishing line gripping position to bias the movable contact into engagement with the stationary contact when the fishing line is removed from between the gripping surfaces, said spring means including a folded leaf spring having diverging leaf components with one component engaging the movable jaw, and an adjustable screw engaging the other leaf component for varying the spring force exerted on the movable jaw thereby varying the clamping force exerted against the fishing line in order to vary the force required to pull the line from between the gripping surfaces thereby varying the sensitivity of the fishing line signal, said means adjustably mounting the switch assembly including a male component of a jack plug mounted on the switch assembly and inserted into a female component of a jack plug mounted interiorly of the housing supporting the signal producing means, and a stay stud on the switch assembly spaced from the male component of the jack plug, said housing for the signal producing means including a plurality of spaced apertures around the female component of the jack plug to enable the position of the switch assembly to be angularly adjusted about an axis defined by the male component of the jack plug when the stay stud is received in a selected one of said apertures thereby orienting the gripping surfaces in varied positions in relation to the housing to adapt the housing for orientation in any position on a fishing rod and to orient the gripping surfaces to vary the tension force required on the fishing line to remove the fishing line from between the gripping surfaces without varying the adjusting screw for the leaf spring.