Patent ID: 6308452
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A fish-bite indicator comprising a pivotal mount having first and second parts capable of selective rotation with respect to each other about an axis and an arm having a first end and a second end, said arm being pivotally mounted at said first end to said pivotal mount and mounted to a fishing-line engagement element at said second end, whereby a fish-bite is indicated by a pivotal movement of the arm about said pivotal mount, the fish-bite indicator further comprising a resilient element at said pivotal mount arranged to vary a force applied by said fishing-line engagement element to a fishing line, said resilient element acting on at least one of said first and second parts, wherein said first and second parts are held at a selected one of a plurality of available relative angular positions by mutually engaging portions, at least one of which has a leading face and a trailing face that extend generally parallel to said axis.