Abstract: A knotless pasternoster boom 2 for use in holding out a snood 3 from a fishing line 1 comprises a body 6 having an upper end 7 and a lower end 8 and a laterally extending boom member 9 adapted for supporting the snood 3 on the boom member 9 to extend generally axially thereof. The boom 2 has bores 11, 12 extending from respective inlets 13, 14 at the upper and lower ends 7, 8 to an outlet 15 and a prong member 23 associated with the outlet 15. In use of the boom upper and lower loops 26 are taken in the line 1 and fed into the bores 7, 8, through the inlets 13, 14, out of the outlet 15 and around the prong member 23, and the line 1 then pulled taut around the boom 2 thereby to secure the boom 2 in a desired position along the line 1.