Fishhook removing tool

A fishhook removing tool including a first elongated tubular construction having first and second end portions, an elongated pull member telescoped into and longitudinally shiftable within said first end portion, said pull member including a first end projecting endwise outwardly of said first end portion and a second end longitudinally shiftable in said second end portion, said second end portion including longitudinal slot means formed therein, a finger-engageable member carried by said second end and projecting outwardly through and slidable in said slot means, said first end including a transverse opening formed therethrough and an entrance slot opening into said opening and outwardly of one side of said first end, spring means operatively connected between said pull member and tubular construction yieldingly biasing said pull member toward a position with said first end projecting outwardly of said first end portion, abutment surface means on said second end portion on the side of said finger-engageable member remote from said first end portion, said tubular construction being shiftable relative to said pull member, against the biasing action of said spring means, to a second postion with said transverse opening at least substantially fully recessed within said first end portion of said tubular construction, said tubular construction including a first sleeve member defining said first end portion and a U-shaped panel member, defining said second end portion, rolled into a configuration defining a pair of parallel strip members joined together at one pair of corresponding ends by a sleeve portion and being transversely arcuate, said sleeve portion being telescoped over the end of said first sleeve member remote from said first end of said pull member, said strip members defining said slot means therebetween, the other ends of said strip members including internal inwardly projecting ribs, a plug member including a circumferential groove embracingly received between said other ends of said strip members with said ribs seated in said grooves, said abutment surface means being carried by the other end of said plug member and projecting outwardly beyond said other end of said strip members, a sleeve telescoped over said other ends of said strip members and abutted against said abutment surface means, said spring means comprising a coiled spring telescoped over the ends of said strip members adjacent said sleeve portion and disposed beteen said sleeve and said sleeve portion.