Patent ID: 6041541
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A fishhook having an eye located on one end of said fishhook, a removable line threader located in a ready-to-use condition external to the eye of said fishhook, said line threader having a first end with an opening therein and a second end, a convergent surface located in said line threader for directing a fishing line therealong, an aperture located in said second end of said threader with said convergent surface converging toward said aperture to thereby guide a fishing line through said aperture on said second end of said line threader, a fish hook attachment surface on said second end of said line threader, said fishhook attachment surface located on said second end of said line threader, said fishhook attachment surface located entirely external to the eye of the fishhook and being externally secured to a side of the eye of the fishhook to thereby hold said line threader in an extended cantilevered position proximate the eye of the fishhook to enable a person to thread a line through the line threader and the eye of the fishhook, said line threader removable from said fishhook by breaking the attachment between said fishhook attachment surface and said eye of the fishhook to enable use of the fishhook in a condition free of the line threader.