Fishing float

Claim 1

A FISHING FLOAT COMPRISING: (A) A HOLLOW ELONGATED AND CYLINDRICAL, BUOYANT BODY CONSTITUTING A BOBBER, SAID BODY HAVING AN END WALL, (B) A CLIP CONNECTED TO SAID END WALL AND RESILIENTLY BIASED THEREAGAINST TO CLAMP A FISH LINE AGAINST SAID END WALL AND THEREBY CONNECT SAID BOBBER TO THE LINE, (C) MEANS PROVIDING A NOTCH IN ONE END OF THE CLIP INTO WHICH THE FISH LINE IS ADAPTED TO BE SLIPPED TO ENABLE FREE MOVEMENT OF THE BOBBER ALONG THE LINE TO VARY THE LENGTH OF THE LINE BEYOND THE CLIP, AS DESIRED, UPON CLAMPING OF THE LINE TO THE BOBBER, THE LINE CONTAINED WITHIN AND EXTENDING BEYOND THE CLIP CONSTITUTING A LEADER AND HAVING A FISH HOOK ON ITS END, (D) AN EYE FORMED IN THE OPPOSITE END OF THE CLIP AND THROUGH WHICH A DOUBLED PORTION OF THE LEADER IS REEVED, A PART OF SAID DOUBLED PORTION ENGAGING THE AFORESAID NOTCH, (E) A FLAT FRAME EXTENDING RADIALLY FROM THE BOBBER AND AROUND WHICH THE LEADER IS ADAPTED TO BE WOUND, AND (F) A HOOK ADJACENT THE END OF THE BOBBER OPPOSITE TO THE END MOUNTING THE CLIP AND CONSTITUTING A MEMBER AROUND WHICH THE LEADER, ADJACENT ITS HOOK END, IS ADAPTED TO BE TRAINED AND OFF WHICH THE LEADER IS ADAPTED TO SLIP UPON THE BOBBER ASSUMING A HORIZONTAL WATER-BORNE POSITION AFTER A CAST OF THE FLOAT.