Attachments for fishing lines

Claim 1

An attachment for fishing lines comprising: an arrangement including in combination, an elongated body having an aperture extending longitudinally therethrough and a slot located in said body and communicating with said aperture, said aperture partially defined by an open surface for communicating with said slot in said elongated body and a closed surface defined by said elongated body, said elongated body further having means for locking a flexible and twistable core in a non-rotatable position; a flexible and twistable core extending through said body, said flexible and twistable core having a first end with a tab for grasping by the finger of a fisherman; a second end with a tab for grasping by the finger of a fisherman, said flexible and twistable core having a slot extending longitudinally therethrough for receiving a fishing line, said flexible and twistable core and said elongated body coacting to have a line receiving position in which said slot of said twistable core is in alignment with said slot located in said body so that a fishing line can be inserted through said slot located in said elongated body and into said slot of said twistable core and a line holding position in which said twistable core and said elongated body coact to hold a fishing line when said first end of said twistable core is twisted in a first direction to thereby place a portion of the first end of said twistable core and said slot adjacent the closed surface of said aperture in said elongated body and the second end of said twistable core is twisted in a direction opposite to the direction of twisting said first end to thereby place a portion of the second end of said twistable core and said slot in said twistable core adjacent the closed surface of said aperture in said elongated body, said twistable core thereby twistably encapsulating said fishing line to thereby firmly hold said line in a central position within said elongated body.