Abstract: A special fishing rig is provided with a unique swivel, split ring, latch, and leg assembly, which repeatedly catches more fish.

Abstract: A floating fish holding container has flexible open mesh fabric side, top and bottom walls surrounding a chamber for accommodating fish in water. A top ring having buoyant material attached to the top of the side wall floats the container in a body of water. A bottom ring attached to the bottom of the side wall maintains the cylindrical shape of the container in the water. The top wall has an opening into the chamber that is biased to an open position with elastic cords. A draw string is used to close the opening. A releasable locking device on the draw string holds the top wall in the closed position. When the locking device is released the elastic cords automatically open the opening. A plurality of strings mounted on the side walls are used to adjust the length of the side wall to allow the container to float in shallow water without contacting the bottom or weeds in the body of water.

Abstract: A reed-type game call which can be operated by blowing and sucking on a single end of the call. This permits a caller to make one type of sound when blowing out through the call, and a different or same sound when sucking in, thus allowing for rapid sound successions. This permits the caller to sound like a whole flock of geese, or ducks with the rapid varied sound; it also permits a hyperventilating deer sound.

Abstract: A tandem blade spinner bait fishing lure. First and second spinner blades are coupled with a body portion of the lure by a V-shaped shank. A first swivel couples the first blade with one end of the shank. A blade bar couples the second blade with the first blade. A second swivel couples the second blade with the blade bar to allow independent rotation of the blades. The first swivel allows the blades to pivot about the end of the shank. The first and second blades freely rotate about an axis parallel to the path of travel of the lure through the water.

Abstract: Apparatus for desoldering, characterized by its suction and pressure effects being achieved by the stroking of a piston in an air cylinder. In the preferred embodiment, the suction effect for drawing in melted solder is forced by a spring, with venting of the pressure previously existing; and the pressure effect for ejecting the melted solder is by the reverse direction stroke of the piston, which not only causes the piston-stroke to pressurize the control tube but to impart energy to the spring for its subsequent suction-stroke operativity.

Abstract: A gaff for hooking a target such as a fish, an animal, or an object. In one embodiment the gaff has a handle, a hook, a spring mechanism connected to the hook, a tensioning device for stretching the spring, an automatic trigger actuable to release the spring and move the hook into the target, a manually actuable trigger, a safety device for preventing unwanted automatic actuation of the gaff, a weight scale and a fish scale. In other embodiments, gaffs according to this invention have one or more, but not all, of these aspects.

Abstract: Resilient flexible fishing rods are disclosed which have a hollow curable resinous body reinforced with graphite or silicon carbide fibers aligned with the rod axis. The rods have good hoop and bending strength and good strength-to-weight ratios.

Abstract: A fishing lure having an infrared light source for enabling the lure to attract fish in daylight, at night or in otherwise darkened underwater conditions.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a carrier for fish hooks. The different embodiments of the invention are derived from the varying means of attaching the carrier to the fishing rod and from the different types of fish hooks to be enclosed.

Abstract: A fishing bobber in the form of a floatable container or jug and including a visual signal selectively actuated upon the taking of a baited hook on a line by a fish. The bobber contains a power source and circuitry including an electrically conductive plunger operable by fishing line movement.

Abstract: A buoyant container or basket which permits wading fishermen to spend extended time in the water with all of their gear ready at hand in a manner which also prevents interference with the wading fisherman's freedom of movement. The buoyant container or basket is constructed as a hollow tubular frame defining a continuous loop filled with buoyant material. A porous container body or basket in which fishing gear can be housed depends from the frame. Hooks on the frame hold a flexible net cover or bungee cords over the articles contained in the basket to prevent loss, and rod holders are provided for extra rods.

Abstract: A flying insect control unit includes an enclosure having an internal compartment provided by a bottom wall and a closed peripheral sidewall extending laterally from the bottom wall. The bottom wall includes peripheral edges defining a passageway extending through it, and also includes a continuous surface adjacent to at least one of the peripheral edges defining the passageway. A member for trapping flying insects thereon has a bottom surface which is adhered to the continuous surface of the bottom wall of the enclosure, and an upper light reflective surface with a material thereon (e.g., preferably a solid, sticky substance) for trapping flying insects. A light source for emitting ultraviolet radiation is positioned within the compartment for emitting light which is transmitted through the passageway, and also which is reflected toward an upper opened end of the compartment by the light-reflective surface.

Abstract: A device consisting of a ridge above a concave shaped material FIG. 1 formed in one piece by the injection moulding process. It is attached to or moulded into the foregrip 32 of a fishing rod 44 designed to use a spinning reel 34 for casting weights. The ridge 22 is high in the front 2 and tapers to the edge of the right side 18, left side 20 and rear side 16, FIG. 3. There is flexibility on the right side and the left side of the device to allow expansion sufficient enough to permit its use on foregrips of varying diameters. The surface of the device is smooth to the touch.

Abstract: There is disclosed a fishing lure having a fish attractant body which is formed of a water soluble polymer having a slow dissolution rate. The polymer contains a fish scent attractant. The fish scent attractant can be encapsulated within the polymer, e.g., fish or blood meal can be included in the polymer so that it will be slowly dispensed into the water as the polymer dissolves. The preferred polymer is polyvinyl alcohol having a preselected degree of hydrolysis of its ester groups to achieve the desired water solubility rate, and optionally plasticized with glycerol. The attractant can be a sheet which has a plurality of parallel and coextensive slits to provide parallel strips that depend from an unslit portion thereby permitting the sheet material to be wrapped about a lure body and secured in place so that the parallel strips extend rearwardly from the body, permitting them to undulate in the water as the lure is pulled through the water simulating the swimming movements of a small fish.

Abstract: This invention relates to a fishing line bobber consisting of a pair of disk or plate-like members of some thickness formed of a buoyant material and held in a juxtaposed operating position by an axial holding member, said holding member in cooperation with said plate-like member providing a sufficient friction hold for a fishing line wound thereabout and yet permitting a sliding position adjustment of said bobber on the fishing line.

Abstract: This invention relates to the containment of a poisoned rodent bait in a manner that isolates the bait from exposure to non target species and in a manner that allows the bait to be placed among agricultural crops with ease and efficiency. The rodent bait station contains a number of unique features that will allow agricultural users to identify the location of the stations for servicing with ease and speed, and provides for a method of securing the station to the ground that is integral to the construction of the station itself. Its novel shape allows for the placement of the bait stations in and among thickly grown vegetation, and in areas that are most likely to contain rodent harborages. The rodent bait station is designed as an entire system of rodenticide placement that incorporates features for the dispensing of bait, and for the operation of a large scale rodent elimination in difficult climatic and environmental conditions.

Abstract: Refractory metals or ceramics are diffusion bonded or densified by assembling the workpieces to be bonded, wrapping the assembly with carbon yarn, heating the wrapped assembly, cooling the assembly and unwrapping. The expansion of the workpieces together with the shrinking of the carbon yarn produces tremendous pressures which cause bonding and densifying of the workpiece.

Abstract: A device attachable to at least one of the co-acting jaws of a steel jawed trap for capturing an animal. The device has at least one cushion assembly that includes an elongated carrier frame attachable to at least one jaw of the trap, and spaced apart cushion members secured to the carrier frame. The cushion members project outwardly from the carrier frame and are in a parallel alignment to one another to engage a limb of the animal and cushion and distribute the force of the jaws of the trap to reduce animal injuries.

Abstract: An ice fishing apparatus and method for retrieving fish through an ice hole during ice fishing provides a support member that is mounted to a base member that is supported by the upper surface of an ice layer. The support member is extended and retracted through the ice hole and is operative to support a fish during such motion. An extension and retrieval mechanism, such as a slide rod interconnecting the base and support member, operates to extend and retract the support member whereby a fish caught on a fishing line may be maneuvered to the ice hole, and onto the support member and supported during upward movement through the ice hole. The support member may be pivoted out of alignment with the ice hole so as not to obstruct the lower opening thereto, and biased against the ice layer lower surface in a ready position. An adjustable limit stop accommodates ice layers of varied thicknesses. The base member is preferably a circular collar, and the support member a pan element with drain holes.

Abstract: A fly line connector comprising an elongated or cigar-shaped body having a loop connector at one end portion and a jaw means at the other end portion. The jaw means grips the fishing line and a locking means locks and jaw means over the fishing line.