Abstract: A process for forming a support frame for a roller guide of the type designed to be mounted on a conventional fishing rod by means of continuously supplying an elongated metallic material strip of predetermined width to a plurality of adjacently positioned and simultaneously operable work stations each of which is defined by punching or stamping facilities such that the strip is moved along a path of travel defined by the work stations in a "stop and go" mode wherein the strip is stopped at each work station for simultaneously forming and shaping at each location to produce a semi-formed roller guide frame and further wherein the last, end most work station completes the shaping on the elongated strip to produce a formed roller guide frame which is simultaneously severed from the remainder of the strip and semi-formed work guides.

Abstract: A fishing rod through which a fishline is laid, includes: a tubular member having a slot slenderly extending in the longitudinal direction; an outer member provided on the slot; and guide member provided in the outer member for guiding the fishline from outside of the tubular member to inside thereof without coming into contact with inner and outer circumferential surfaces of the tubular member, wherein the guide member is slightly obliquely provided with respect to an axis of the tubular member.

Abstract: A fishline guider pipe assembly having a detachably screwed guider for an internal fishline type fishing rod. The assembly includes a fishline guider pipe having an inner threaded hole at its middle section and fitted to front and rear pipe pieces of the fishing rod at its hollowed front and rear pipe sections. The inner threaded hole slopes down to the front pipe section and opens to the outside of the guider pipe and to the inside of the front pipe section. The inside end of the inner threaded hole is reduced in its diameter to form an annular stop. The outer threaded cylindrical guider is screwed in the threaded hole for guiding a fishline to the inside of the front pipe section. The inside guide ring is interposed between the annular stop of the guider pipe and an inside end of the cylindrical guider while the outside guide ring is received in the outside end of the cylindrical guider. With this screwthreaded structure, the guider can be separated from the guider pipe when the guider needs repairing.

Abstract: A fishing line guide has an attaching seat 2 attached to a fishing rod and a fishing line guide part 5 located above the attaching seat 2. The fishing line guide part 5 has width substantially equal to or smaller than the width of the attaching seat 2, inclined surfaces 6, 7 formed from front and rear end faces to front and rear parts of the attaching seat 2 and side faces formed in smoothly sloped surfaces. The fishing line guide part 5 is configured in a sloping form in section so that the circumferential length in each horizontal plane of the fishing line guide part 5 is smaller than the circumferential length in each horizontal plane taken closer to the axis of the fishing rod. Therefore, a fishing line twining on the fishing line guide part 5 can smoothly and easily loosen upward and thus, can be prevented from tangling on the fishing line guide.

Abstract: A line guide-fishing rod blank combination, having a fin or rib that defines pockets into which epoxy wicks to thereby increase greatly the strength of the guide-blank connection.

Abstract: An internal fishline type fishing rod having a fishline guider. The fishing rod includes a hollow fishing rod body having a longitudinal opening. A guider support member is tightly received about the rod body such that it is placed about the opening. This support member has a recessed flat section of which the opposed sides are provided with guide rails. A fishline guider body, having a slant fishline guide hole and being provided with a pair of ceramic guide rings on opposed ends of the guide hole, is engaged with the support member. Opposed guide slots of the guider body are inserted into the guide rails of the support member such that the slant fishline guide hole is received in the hollow rod body through the opening of the rod body. A fixture is tightly received about the rod body such that it blocks the guider body insert end of the support member, so that it prevents the guider body from separation from the support member.

Abstract: A method for connection of a bell tube to a distal end of an internal fishline type fishing rod. The bell tube and the distal pipe member of the fishing rod are integrated into a single body during production of the distal pipe member, thus to increase the connection force between them. The material for the distal pipe member is wound about a pipe production mandrel such that a distal end of the mandrel remains bare. The bare distal end of the mandrel is inserted into the small diameter section of the bell tube having at least one annular groove thereabout such that ends of both the bell tube and the pipe member come into intimate contact with each other about the mandrel. Connection material, the same material as that of the pipe member, is wound about the bell tube and the pipe member simultaneously such that the connection material fills the annular grooves of the bell tube.

Abstract: A synthetic resin frame, having a single foot extending laterally from it, has a roller mounted for rotation about a bearing element that extends into holes in the sides of the frame. A combination line guard and bearing-retaining element is snapped over the frame. The ends of the line guard and bearing-retaining element hold the bearing in position, while openings in the line guard guide the line and substantially prevent it from contacting the synthetic resin. The line guard and bearing retainer is formed of material more wear resistant than that of the frame.

Abstract: A fishing rod with a hollow shaft that neither inhibits movement of the fishing line through the hollow shaft nor succumbs to frictional wear resulting from movement of the fishing line against the interior wall of the hollow shaft. The hollow shaft is made of a flexible material, such as fiberglass or graphite, and connected to a handle having a fishing reel oriented so that fishing line from the fishing reel is approximately aligned with and passes through the interior of the shaft. The interior surface of the hollow shaft is coated with a smooth, wear resistant material. The lower portion of the first coating is coated with a second material that is resistant to abrasion caused by repeated movement of the fishing line. Both coatings are nonreactive to the fishing line, thus minimizing frictional interaction between the interior of the hollow shaft and the fishing line moving therethrough. A reinforced tip maintains the integrity of the end of the hollow shaft.

Abstract: A fishing rod has a plurality of spaced-apart line guides along the length of the rod. Each of the line guides includes a hoop member supported by a bracket. The bracket has a foot which is secured to the rod by means of a housing having a pocket member which receives the foot. The housing which may be molded is generally cylindrical and has an internal bore which may be tapered to receive the rod.

Abstract: A guide for use on a fishing rod includes a guide ring placed in contact with an outer surface of a rod stock for guiding a fishing line, and a holder for fixing the guide ring to the rod stock. The guide is manufactured by placing the guide ring in contact with an outer surface of the rod stock, arranging dies to surround the guide ring and rod stock, and injecting a plastic inside the dies, thereby forming the holder from the plastic. As an alternative to the use of dies, prepreg may be wound in a way to fasten the guide ring to the rod stock, and baked to harden, thereby forming the holder.

Abstract: A fishing rod has rod stock, and fixed guides formed on the rod stock. Each guide includes an annular line guide element formed of a material having excellent wear resistance, a tubular element mounted on the rod stock, a frame formed integral with the tubular element for supporting the line guide element, and a pair of sleeves mounted on the rod stock. The sleeves are arranged axially of the rod stock with the tubular element placed in between. Each sleeve defines an outer surface having an arcuate sectional shape gently tapered to approach an outer surface of the rod stock as it extends away from the tubular element.

Abstract: An inter-line fishing rod in which a fishline is to be inserted into and passed through the inside of the rod and which includes a fishline guide sleeve fitted on the tip portion of the body o the rod, and a fishline guide ring provided on the sleeve at the front end thereof, wherein the radius of curvature of the fishline guide surface of the ring in the cross section thereof is not less than a half of the inside diameter of the tip portion. According to this arrangement, the friction resistance of the inter-line fishing rod to the movement of the fishline at the time of winding and/or unwinding thereof through the rod can be significantly reduced.

Abstract: A fishing rod includes a butt ring member integrally formed and fixed on a rear end of a rod body. The integral formation is preferably done by use of a mold. The fishing rod may include a molded line guide. The fishing rod may also include a molded reel seat.

Abstract: A fishing line guide has an attaching seat 2 attached to a fishing rod and fishing line guide part 5 located above the attaching seat 2. The fishing line guide part 5 has width substantially equal to or smaller than the width of the attaching seat 2, inclined surfaces 6, 7 formed from front and rear end faces to front and rear parts of the attaching seat 2 and side faces formed in smoothly sloped surfaces. The fishing line guide part 5 is configured in a sloping form in section so that the circumferential length in each horizontal plane of the fishing line guide part 5 is smaller than the circumferential length in each horizontal plane taken closer to the axis of the fishing rod. Therefore, a fishing line twining on the fishing line guide part 5 can smoothly and easily loosen upward and thus, can be prevented from tangling on the fishing line guide.

Abstract: A synthetic resin frame, having a single foot extending laterally from it, has a roller mounted for rotation about a bearing element that extends into holes in the sides of the frame. A combination line guard and bearing-retaining element is snapped over the frame. The ends of the line guard and bearing-retaining element hold the bearing in position, while openings in the line guard guide the line and substantially prevent it from contacting the synthetic resin. The line guard and bearing retainer is formed of material more wear resistant than that of the frame.

Abstract: A fishing rod (10) that includes a handle (14) to which a shaft (12) and reel (16) are attached. The shaft is formed with a bore (28). An open-mouthed flute (20) is attached to the end of the shaft distal from the handle. A fishing line (18) wound onto the reel extends through the shaft and the flute. A number of hooks (24) are attached to the fishing line (18) by a number of individual, relatively short, gangion lines (26). A weight (22) is attached to the free end of the fishing line (18). the flute and the shaft are dimensioned so that the fishing line and hooks can readily pass into the bore of the shaft. The flute is further dimensioned so that, as fishing line is wound onto the reel, the weight will abut the inside surface of the flute that defines the mouth. Thus, when the rod assembly (10) is not used, the hooks remain housed inside the shaft. This prevents the hooks from becoming caught on adjacent articles in the environment or becoming tangled among themselves.

Abstract: A fishing rod and reel combination including means for preventing the rod and reel from submerging should it accidentally be dropped or otherwise placed in water.

Abstract: A fixed guide mounting structure for connecting a fixed guide to a fishing rod includes a mounting seat formed on a predetermined position of the rod. The mounting seat has a larger diameter than fore and aft portions axially of the rod. The mounting seat defines an engaging groove engageable with proximal portions of the fixed guide for limiting circumferential movement of the fixed guide.

Abstract: A line guide device for fishing rods includes an annular holder for holding a line guide ring, which is defined by a metallic annulus and provided with a peripheral groove and an outer ring defined by a metallic annulus. The annular holder receives in the rectangular groove an inner surface portion of the outer ring, and is tightly joined at the plastically deformable region to the inner surface portion of the outer ring. Also, a simplified method for making such a line guide device is provided.

Abstract: A fishing rod having provision for elimination of eyelet guide icing. The fishing rod is composed of an elongate fishing pole member, a handle member connected with the fishing pole member, a plurality of eyelets connected with the fishing pole member, a heating element associated with at least one of the eyelet guides, particularly the tip eyelet guide, and an electrical power source located within the handle member for selectably actuating the heating element.

Abstract: A breech guide is provided for directing fishing line from a reel through the shaft of a fishing rod, exiting the rod tip through a rod tip eyelet. The breech guide is mounted to the rod through a breech guide receptacle incorporated into the rod blank.

Abstract: The rod has replaceable line guides and consists in at least one tubular element incorporating a socket insert serving to accommodate a corresponding shank with which the guide is provided, the insert being located between the internal and external surfaces of the tubular element, and its socket filled with a quick-setting melt-down glue that ensures stable anchorage of the shank; the tubular structure is fashioned by winding first sheets of composite material onto a mandrel until a given thickness is reached, then applying and fixing the insert to the external surface of the first winding to establish the socket, whereupon further material is wound on to an increased thickness, sufficient at least to embed the insert. Alternately, the insert may be made from dissolvable material.

Abstract: In a tip-up fishing pole for ice fishing having handle and pole segments in assembly together. A series of open ended eyelets. Fasteners attaching one end of each of the eyelets at spaced intervals on the pole segment. Each of the open ended eyelets being loop-shaped and having an outwardly bent free end spaced from the pole segment leaving a gap there between allowing a fisherman to pick up a hand line unattached to a fishing pole and to drape the line through the gaps between the free ends of the loop-shaped open ended eyelets and the pole to allow a fisherman to quickly use a pole to assist in setting a baited fishing hook in the event a fish strikes the baited hook on a hand line.

Abstract: A fishing arrangement and technique are disclosed and include a relatively short fishing pole having a handgrip portion near one end thereof and a bifurcated tip near the other end. The bifurcated tip includes first and second cantilevered portions which diverge from one another and have corresponding first and second tip line guide eyelets near their respective free ends. A trigger actuable spring biased fishing reel fastened to the pole adjacent the handgrip portion provides pretorqued mechanical assistance in setting a hook in the mouth of a fish. A fishing line extends from the reel, through a series of line guide eyelets, through the first tip line guide eyelet and then through the second tip line guide eyelet, and ultimately terminates at a baited fishhook. The first cantilevered portion is significantly more flexible than the second cantilevered portion so as to function as an indicator by being deflected toward the second cantilevered portion in response to an increase in line tension.

Abstract: A top guide for a fishing rod is provided which includes a line guide ring for guiding a fishing line and a mounting portion to be mounted to the tip of the fishing rod. The line guide ring and mounting portion are connected by a connector having an elastically deformable portion which buffers an impact applied axially to the line guide ring when the fishing line is wound onto a spool of a fishing reel.

Abstract: A fishing line guide comprising a guide body having holding bores and line guide rings having guide bores and mounted to the holding bores, wherein the axis of each holding bore is slanted longitudinally with respect to the axis of a fishing rod, and the inner surface of each guide bore is formed in a quarter circle in section, so that each line guide ring is mounted to the holding bore in the relation that the arcuate inner surface of the guide bore orients slantwise outwardly of the holding bore.

Abstract: A detachable tip for use on a conventional fishing rod section (e.g., a base section). The tip is useful, for example, in converting the fishing rod base section to an ice fishing pole. It may also be used as a repair item when the outer tip section of a fishing pole breaks. The detachable tip comprises a resiliently, highly flexible shaft having a length in the range of about 4 to 10 inches. One end of the shaft includes attachment means for detachably securing the tip to the fishing rod base section. The opposite end includes an eyelet or guide for the fishing line. Preferably the tip is made of plastic, as a molded item.

Abstract: A fishing rod is provided which includes a reel fixture, a plurality of fishing line guides and a top guide. The fishing line guides each comprise a larger diameter line guide ring through which a rod body is inserted and a mounting piece extending lengthwise of the rod body from one circumferential side of the line guide ring. The mounting piece is fixed to the rod body at an intermediate position thereof between the reel fixture mounting position and a position on the rod body radially opposite to the reel fixture mounting position.

Abstract: A fishing pole support apparatus having an operative position and a storage position is attached to a fishing pole. The fishing pole is frictionally clamped in a channel between the body and a cover plate. Two legs are detachably attached to the body and, in the operative position, form a tripod with the fishing pole so as to retain the fishing pole in an inclined position. In the storage position, the legs are selectively clamped and supported parallel to the fishing pole by two clamps attached to the body. The legs can be made up of a plurality of leg sections detachably attachable to one another.

Abstract: A fishing rod tip roller assembly is attachable to a mount on the end of a fishing rod. A roller mounting lever carries a roller with an axis perpendicular to that of the rod and the lever is pivoted about a parallel axis on the assembly to move between positions aligned with and offset from the rod, such positions corresponding to the rod being used in reel up and reel down position.

Abstract: A tubular staff flagged at an end, composed of a fluorescent polyvinyl plastic, placed on the distal end of a fishing rod tip for the purpose of signaling a fish strike and aiding in the identification of the fishing rod tip from the surrounding background especially under dusky light conditions.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a visual bite indication comprise a weighted mass having an opening through which a fishing line is loosely threaded so that the weighted mass is suspended upon the line and causes the line to sag when the line is extended for fishing so that tension produced in the line by a bite causes the weighted mass to move as a visual bite indicator. The weighted mass is adapted for being secured to an adjacent eyelet during casting to prevent the weighted mass from interfering with forward passage of the line from the reel. Preferably, the weighted mass and one eyelet are magnetically attractive to each other, the one eyelet either being a fixed portion or adapted for attachment to a pre-existing rod. Multiple embodiments of the adjacent eyelet are disclosed.

Abstract: A lightweight fishing pole tip signal light for indicating the position and movement of the tip portion of the fishing pole at night or under conditions of low visibility, which includes an axially elongated hollow tubular mounting sleeve member having a bore whose diameter corresponds substantially to the diameter of the tip end of the pole to be mounted on the tip end of the fishing pole, an LED light emitter supported within the bore of the sleeve member having the light emitting portion thereof projecting through an opening in the sleeve member to emit light visible to the person using the fishing pole, and a fishing line guide ring fixed by supporting arms extending from the sleeve member in forwardly spaced relation to the light emitter.

Abstract: Disclosed is a fishline guide for a fishing rod wherein an intermediate-layer ring made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin incorporating reinforcing fibers is formed integrally between an inner ring made of a hard, abrasion-resistant material, such as metal or ceramics, and a metallic outer ring. Inclined supporting parts and installing parts are continuously formed integrally on the lower side of the intermediate-layer ring on both sides in such a manner that the inclined supporting parts and installing parts partially encompass the outer ring in a secure manner.

Abstract: A fishing rod assembly which includes a flexible, hollow fishing rod attached to one end of a reel mount which is shaped to receive a reel pod, and a handle attached to the opposite end of the reel mount for handling the fishing rod. The reel pod is further characterized by a shaped housing having a pair of removable end caps and containing an electric motor provided with a drive bevel gear in engagement with the bevel gear of a cooperating spool containing a supply of fishing line. The fishing line is wound on the spool and extends through apertures in the front end cap and the reel mount, and then through the hollow interior of the fishing rod to exit the end of the rod for tying to a lure. An optional reel handle is provided for engagement with the spool, and the fishing line can be wound on the spool in conventional fashion to retrieve the lure.

Abstract: A line guide for fishing rods having a pair of feet which contact with the surface of a fishing rod, legs extending from each end of the feet, and a guide ring supported by the legs, wherein the legs are provided at their lower ends with rod-contacting surfaces of a concave shape in cross-section, which are contiguous to the rod-contacting surfaces of the feet, the rod-contacting surfaces of the former having a width larger than that of the rod-contacting surfaces of the latter. The line guide exhibits larger stability against rotating force, and increases the flexibility of the fishing rod.

Abstract: A top guide for a fishing rod having a supporting ring fixed to the tip of the rod body by a brace, and has a holding groove with width being 1.5 times that of the fishing line diameter to hold the fishing line, extended from supporting ring 4. The fishing line can be thrown in a desired direction without requiring finger pressure on the fishing line, against the rod.

Abstract: A fishing line guide includes a line guide ring, a frame for supporting the ring and arched legs designed to extend from the frame edge and be fixed over the surface of a fishing rod. A novel line guide according to this invention is characterized in that the frame is formed into a substantial truncated cone which tapers to the guide ring.

Abstract: A fishing rod has at least one fishing line guide made up of a ring-like body with a high resistance to deformation and wear or abrasion, it being joined to the rod by a winding placed round it and the rod. The winding is made up of a high-strength fiber material having a low ultimate elongation, such as, more specially, carbon fiber, aramide fiber, boron fiber, glass fiber or polyester fiber. The ring body may be made of ceramic material, sapphire or a high-strength carbide and it may be seated on the rod itself or be spaced at some distance therefrom. In the case of a preferred process for producing such a guide on a rod, two template bodies of silicone rubber are slipped onto the rod so that two faces, normal to the rod, on the templates, are opposite each other falling in a space in which the winding may be produced. One such face has a pin for positioning the ring body to be fixed in position.

Abstract: A lineguide includes two longitudinally slotted sleeves 18 which fit on a fishing rod. These sleeves have apertures 16 and 22 extending transversely through them. The aperture 16 is circular and the aperture 22 is a slot extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the sleeve 18. A line housing 20 has two leg mountings 24 each having two transversely spaced limbs to straddle the apertures 16 and 22. The leg mountings 24 are pivotally mounted in their respective apertures by pivot pins 26. When the rod flexes one pivot pin 26 moves along its slot 22 taking up the change in spacing between the sleeves 18 and thereby reducing any stiffness in the rod 8 between the sleeves 18.

Abstract: An improved folding line guide assembly comprises a guide ring, a pair of supporting legs extending from the guide ring and resiliently opened at lower ends thereof, and a mounting member having a guide slot slidably receiving lower ends of said supporting legs.

Abstract: A guide is disclosed herein through which a fishing line is trained which includes a U-shaped frame or yoke movably supporting a spool roller on ball bearing assemblies between sideplates which is provided with a reduced central portion for movably conducting and guiding the fishing line thereover. The spool roller includes end flanges which are inset into end caps while the ball bearing assemblies are carried on opposite ends of the spool roller. A mounting shaft extends through the spool roller and the end caps detachably mount the spool roller and bearing assemblies to the yoke sideplates via a threaded engagement with the shaft. Detachable mounting members retain the yoke onto the fishing pole via a plurality of thread windings wrapped therearound.

Abstract: A guide device for fishing lines formed by punching a single piece of sheet metal and subjecting the resulting sheet metal to a bending step. It consists of a guide ring for a fishing line and a mount for a fishing rod, which are integrally formed. The mount is composed of two legs, which are extended in the opposite directions from a lower portion of the guide ring such that one of the legs is extended inside the guide ring with the other extended outside the guide ring, to allow the legs to have the same width and to be set on a fishing rod in a balanced condition. Since the legs are extended from a lower portion of the guide ring, it is never caught by a fishing line while in use. The guide ring is reinforced at its inner circumferential surface with a ring of a synthetic resin having a hard inner ring fitted into the inner circumferential surface of the reinforcement ring. The reinforcement ring is firmly fitted into recesses provided in the inner circumferential surface of the guide ring.

Abstract: A fish line guide assembly having a plastic mounting clip with a body portion and a long passage adapted to receive a slender tine of a removable wire loop member. The slender tine constitutes the base portion of the wire loop member, and has a non-circular or square cross section whereas the body portion of the clip has a passage of similar cross section, closely conforming to the tine. The loop member can be mounted on the clip or removed therefrom by inserting or withdrawing the tine from the passage of the mounting clip. The non-circular configuration of the tine and the closely-conforming passage of the body of the clip coact to maintain the loop member in upright position with respect to the fishing rod, and to prevent undesired lateral shifting of the loop member thereon.

Abstract: A fishing pole tip, including a main tubular shank portion for glued attachment to the tip end of a pole such as a cane pole, and a front end cap, having a diametrically disposed hole in its front wall, opening into an enlarged interiorly threaded chamber for threaded engagement onto an exteriorly threaded, longitudinally diametrically slotted front end nose portion of the main tip portion. The front end of the nose portion and the interior front end of the cap are complimentarily tapered in a manner whereby a fishing line, extending inwardly through the front end cap hole, through the nose slot and outwardly between a rear edge of the cap and a shoulder rearwardly of the nose portion, will be securely locked against longitudinal adjustment when the cap is tightened on the nose portion while permitting a length adjustment of the usable portion of the fishing line when the cap is loosened.

Abstract: An outer ring frame and an inner ring frame are separately prepared and disposed coaxially in a mold die with an annular space therebetween and a synthetic resin is injected into the annular space.

Abstract: A fish line guide assembly having a metal mounting clip with a body portion that is slitted and adapted to receive a slender tine of a removable wire loop member. The slender tine constitutes the base portion of the wire loop member, and has a non-circular or square cross section whereas the body portion of the clip has a passage of similar cross section, closely conforming to the tine. The loop member can be mounted on the clip or removed therefrom by inserting or withdrawing the tine from the passage of the mounting clip. The non-circular configuration of the tine and the closely-conforming slitted body portion of the clip coact to maintain the loop member in upright position with respect to the fishing rod, and to prevent undesired lateral shifting of the loop member thereon.

Abstract: An eye for a fishing pole comprising a main body portion of a configuration complementary to the outer periphery of the pole for facilitating securing of the eye thereto, and line receiving means having an elongated arcuate opening for passing the line therethrough in a manner for securing the line to the pole with a minimum of interference between the line and the pole, the elongated arcuate opening extending around the outer periphery of the pole through a distance at least slightly greater than one-half of the circumference of the pole.

Abstract: A fishing apparatus is disclosed which employs a hollow fishing rod into and through which is pumped air by means of a battery operated pump connected to the butt end of the hollow rod by means of a hose. The air is discharged from the rod through a perforated tube attached to the end of the rod. When the air passes through the perforated tube, bubbles will be created to aerate the water and attract the fish. The pump may be activated by means of a switch located on the fishing pole grip. The fisherman may place the pole under the water and activate the switch to force air through the perforated tube at the end of the pole to create a diversion to attract the fish. A fishing lure is attached to a single action reel by means of a fishing line.