Abstract: A hook setting attachment is adapted to be mounted on a fishing rod and includes a movable member mounted on a fixed elongated member adapted to be attached to the fishing rod. A line attaching device is adapted to connect releasably the fishing line of the fishing rod to the movable member. A main spring urges resiliently the members to an initial position, and a latching device fixes releasably the members in a set position against the force of the main spring. A retaining device holds releasably the latch in its latched position and subsequently permits the latch to restore to its initial position to free the movable member and thus cause it to snap back to its original position under the force of the spring, thereby jerking on the fishing line to set the hook in the mouth of a fish.

Abstract: A fishing device adapted to be attached to a fishing rod having a fishing line connected at one of its ends to the rod and at its other end to a fishhook includes an inner tube telescoping within and axially aligned with an outer tube which is adapted to be attached to the fishing rod in parallel disposition thereto. A hook device is mounted on the inner tube and is adapted to be attached releasably to the fishing line. A main spring device urges resiliently the tube to an initial position, and a latching device fixes releasably the tubes in a set position against the force of the main spring and frees the two tubes relative to one another in response to a force applied to the hook device via the fishing line so that the tubes return abruptly under the force of the main spring to their initial position, thereby jerking on the fishing line to set the fishhook in place to catch a fish.