Threading and knot tying device for fish hooks

Claim 1

A KNOT TYING DEVICE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED HANDLE HAVING A LARGER PORTION ADAPTED TO BE GRIPPED BY THE HAND OF THE OPERATOR AND A RELATIVELY SMALLER END PORTION SEPARATED FROM SAID LARGER PORTION BY A SHOULDER, AN AXIAL BORE EXTENDING THROUGH SAID HANDLE, A ROD SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN SAID BORE AND NORMALLY PROTRUDING A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE FROM THE FRONT END THEREOF, A FIRST SLIT IN SAID HANDLE EXTENDING RADIALLY INWARDLY FROM THE OUTER SURFACE THEREOF TO SAID AND LONGITUDINALLY FROM THE FRONT END OF SAID SMALLER END PORTION TO A SHORT DISTANCE INTO SAID LARGER PORTION, A SECOND SLIT EXTENDING ONLY PARTLY AROUND SAID LARGER PORTION AND INWARDLY FROM THE SURFACE THEREOF TO SAID BORE AND ANGULARLY TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID HANDLE FROM SAID SHOULDER AT ONE END TO A SHORT DISTANCE INTO SAID LARGER PORTION AT ITS OTHER END AND INTERSECTING SAID FIRST SLIT AT A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE BEHIND SAID SHOULDER AND AT A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE IN FRONT OF THE REAR END OF SAID FIRST SLIT, A SPUR CARRIED BY AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID ROD AND NORMALLY POSITIONED AT THE REAR END OF SAID FIRST SLIT AND MEANS FOR REMOVABLY SUPPORTING A FISH HOOK ON SAID HANDLE.