Patent ID: 8646202

Claim:
A method for attaching a fishing weight to a fishing line, the method comprising the steps of: providing the fishing weight comprising a weighted body having a top end, a bottom end, an outer surface, an annular groove in the outer surface of the weighted body between the top end and the bottom end and extending around the weighted body, the annular groove being disposed in a plane, a conduit extending through the weighted body through and orthogonal to the plane of the annular groove; and a resilient O-ring positioned around the weighted body and within the annular groove; threading the fishing line through the conduit of the weighted body from the top end of the weighted body to the bottom end of the weighted body, and from the bottom end to the annular groove; and wrapping the fishing line extending from the bottom end around the device body so that the fishing line is positioned within the annular groove and under the resilient O-ring such that the resilient O-ring functions to lock the fishing line in the annular groove.