Abstract: Fishing equipment has a tiltable arm on a standard. A supply of line is led through a guide means below and a small amount inwardly of the outer end of the tiltable arm when the latter is in an horizontal attitude. From the guide means the line is led upwardly and over a retaining means on the end of the tiltable arm. From the retaining means the line hangs into the water. The tiltable arm tilts under the pull of a fish on the line. The retaining means is designed so that such tilt of the arm releases the line from the arm when it swings inwardly of the guide means.