Fishing adapter

A fishing adapter in combination with a drill bit wherein the fishing adaptor comprises a drill bit connector that is demountably attached to the drill bit in use and an item connector to enable a cable or other elongate linear item to be attached to the adapter, wherein the adapter has a rotary coupling between the drill bit connector and the item connector to permit the drill bit to rotate as the adapter with cable or other elongate linear item attached is pulled through a drilled hole without significantly twisting said cable or other elongate linear item, the fishing adapter comprising a tubular body having the drill bit connector anchored therein and projecting therefrom at one end of the body and the item connector at the other end of the tubular body and with the rotary coupling therebetween, the drill bit connector comprising a preformed hook, the hook having a stem, that engages with a notch or hole in the drill bit, the drill bit having a tip end and the notch or hole being proximate the tip end of the drill bit, wherein the notch or hole in the drill bit is a slot that is elliptical, elongate rectangular or otherwise elongate in the axial direction of the drill bit and is a through notch or through hole whereby the hook on the adapter is secured to the drill bit by insertion into the hole from one side and projecting out the other side of the drill bit and turning, not bending, the hook until the stem of the hook is substantially oriented in the axial direction of the drill bit and thus ready for use.