Patent ID: 9591841
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: A01K

Claim:
1. A fishing leader and float combination comprising: a tapered fly-fishing leader having a tip end with a diameter, a butt end with a diameter, and a tapered, axial outer surface extending from said tip end to said butt end, wherein the tip end diameter is smaller than the diameter of the butt end; a float attached to said leader, the float comprising a main body of compressible material formed around an insert of different material than the main body, wherein the insert comprises an elongated longitudinal portion having a first end and second end and a longitudinal axis between said first and second ends, and an axial bore surface forming a single axial bore wherein the axial bore surface is less compressible than the leader; wherein the insert further comprises a flange extending out from and around the longitudinal portion, perpendicularly to said longitudinal axis, so that the flange extends through the main body to at or near an outer surface of the main body, and wherein the flange is adapted to prevent axial movement of the insert relative to the main body and to prevent rotation of the insert relative to the main body; wherein the longitudinal portion is adapted to prevent rotation of the insert relative to the main body by having an outer surface comprising axial ridges extending parallel to the longitudinal axis all or substantially along a length of the longitudinal portion; and wherein the leader extends through the bore, and said float is secured to the leader by being slid axially on said leader toward said butt end to a location where said float is immovable on the leader only by means of an interference fit between the axial bore surface and the tapered, axial outer surface of the leader, wherein the interference fit comprises compression of the leader by the axial bore surface, and the float does not comprise any member in the bore except said leader.