Tensionless holder for hooks and leaders

摘要

A holder for storing fish hooks and leaders with the leader in a non-tensioned mode generally comprises a body and a circumferential sleeve sliding on the body. The body includes a plurality of parallel, circumferential grooves including a narrow outer opening for free passage of the leader; and a wider inner portion for retaining the midsection of the leader. A hook and leader may reside in each groove by engaging the hook with the body and by wrapping the hook's leader around the web in the groove by passing the leader through the narrow outer opening so as to reside in the wider inner width of the groove. The sleeve is slidingly attached to said body so as to selectively uncover the grooves for storage or retrieval of a hook and leader.

主权项

1. A holder for a plurality of hooks with leaders, each hook including a shank, a bend, and a point; each of the hooks having a leader with an attached end attached to the hook, a free end, and a midsection therebetween; said holder comprising:
a body including:
an elongate front face;an elongate back face;a top;a bottom;a left end;a right end;a plurality of parallel, circumferential grooves therein including a left groove and a right groove; each of the grooves including:
a top portion in said top;a bottom portion in said bottom;an elongate front face portion in the front face; andan elongate back face portion in said back face; anda web separating said front face of each said groove and said back face portion of each said groove; said web having a bottom end near said bottom and a top end near said top including a hook engaging portion, said elongate front and back face portions of said grooves including:
an outer opening for free passage of the leader during winding of the leader about said web and for free exit of the leader during unwinding of the leader from said web; andan inner portion that is wider than said outer opening such that the intersection of an untensioned leader therein can assume a lengthwise wavy configuration that is wider than said outer opening so as to be retained in said groove; and a circumferential sleeve slidingly attached to said body so as to selectively cover said grooves.