Abstract: A supporting device for a severed tree or other article having a normally vertically-extending trunk comprises a platform providing upper surfaces generally within a horizontal plane on which is guidably and/or slidably supported a receptacle to which the bottom portion of the trunk may be secured and the receptacle secured in fixed position on the platform. Flexible, resiliently extendable guy members connect an upward part of the trunk to portions of the platform spaced radially outwardly beyond the range of positions in which the receptacle may be secured along the upper surface of the platform.

Abstract: The device is adapted for mounting on a fishing rod and includes a guided slide bar having a head portion provided with a notch for releasably gripping a fishing line and releasing the line as the line becomes subjected to tension sufficient to set the hook in the mouth of a fish.