Method and apparatus for preventing tangling of a fishing line
OwnerWolfgang Jochuminventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and method are described for reducing or preventing tangling of a fishing line that passes through one or more guides on a fishing rod. The apparatus includes a housing and a clamp operative to secure the housing to the fishing rod. A bore extends through the housing, and a slot is provided which is in communication with the bore and which is sized to receive the fishing line. A gate rigidly disposed relative to the housing impedes free passage of the fishing line from the bore and into the slot. The method includes placing the fishing line under tension in a tensioner that is connected to a fishing rod at a point along the length of the fishing rod that is distal to, yet proximate to, a reel; and reeling in the fishing line onto the reel while maintaining tension to the reel.
Claims13
An apparatus that prevents tangling of a fishing line that passes through one or more guides on a fishing rod, comprising:
- a housing having a first end, a second end spaced from the first end, and first and second
- opposing walls extending therebetween;
- a clamp operative to secure the fishing rod to the housing;
- a bore extending through the housing;
- a slot in the first wall and in communication with the bore, the slot being sized to receive the fishing line and being positioned so as to receive the fishing line while the clamp is secured to the fishing rod and to permit passage of the fishing line into the bore and out from the bore;
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- a gate rigidly disposed in spaced relation to the housing between the bore and the first wall so as to define a passage that impedes free passage of the fishing line out from the bore and into the slot yet which permits the fishing line to be guided by a fisherman into the bore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.