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.

Abstract: The present invention provides a knotless weight boom 1 for a fishing line 2 comprising an elongate body 7 having a laterally extending boom member 8 for use in weighting the boom 1, said body 7 having at least one longitudinally extending transverse slot or channel 12 having an inlet 13 provided, intermediate its ends 14, with generally tongue shaped elongate retainer 15 extending from the inlet 13 of the respective slot or channel 12 and having a root portion 16 extending laterally from one side of the slot or channel 12 at or in proximity to said inlet 13.