Fish stringer holder

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FOR USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A CONVENTIONAL-TYPE FIRST STRINGER EMBODYING AN ELONGATED FLEXIBLE STRING WITH A RING ATTACHED TO ONE END AND A NEEDLE ATTACHED TO THE OTHER END; A ONE-PIECE THREE-PART HOLDER FOR SAID STRINGER COMPRISING: A BRACKET EMBODYING A PLATE HAVING READILY ATTACHABLE FASTENING AND RETAINING MEANS, SAID PLATE HAVING A FLAT FRONT FACE PROVIDED WITHAN INTEGRAL ELONGATED BARREL HAVING AN OPEN-ENDED AXIAL BORE AND SAID BORE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BARREL PROVIDING A SHEET FOR REMOVABLE RECEPTION AND RETENTION OF THE AFOREMENTIONED NEEDLE, AND A CATCH ALSO INTEGRALLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRONT FACE AND PROJECTING AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE PLANE THEREOF AND CONFINED TO POSITION PROXIMAL TO BUT SPACED SLIGHTLY BELOW ONE OPEN END OF SAID BORE, SAID CATCH HAVING A HOOKED BILL PORTION AND SAID BILL PORTION BEING PROVIDED WITH A ROUNDED PERIPHERAL EDGE DEFINING A CAM, LIMITED SURFACES OF SAID CAM BEING SPACED FROM SAID FRONT FRONT FACE AND FUNCTIONING TO PERMIT A PORTION OF THE STRING OF SAID STRINGER TO BE PASSED BETWEEN SAID FRONT FACE AND SPACED CAM AND THUS RELEASABLY ENGAGED WITH SAID CATCH.