| 摘要 |
<p>A device for releasing a fishing weight from a Paternoster rig, helicopter rig or chod rig when a fish is hooked. The device comprises a connecting means for attaching the device to a fishing line, a holding means in the form of a hook 5 for holding one or more fishing weights, and a sleeve which in a first position holds one or more weights on the holding means and in a second position allows the weights to be released from the holding means, the sleeve being biased in the first position. Preferably the device comprises an inner 3 and outer sleeve 2. Application of a pulling force on the fishing line when a fish is hooked causes the inner sleeve to move from the first position to the second position. The device is preferably spring biased 4. A locking pin 6 may be provided to prevent movement of the sleeve. Also claimed are a diamond shaped bait bag with an opening at one corner and means for connecting a fishing weight to a fishing line comprising weight holding means and a recess suitably for an o-ring 7. Said recess can be used to secure a bait bag.</p> |
