Patent ID: 7984582

Claim:
A fishing line release system, the system comprising: a fishing line having a hook end and an intermediate portion, said hook end having a fishing hook attached thereto; a planar body; a fishing line quick-release attached to said planar body, said release including a housing having a pocket defined therein, said release further including a butterfly assembly for capturing and retaining said intermediate portion of said fishing line, said butterfly assembly being pivotably attached to said housing and movable between a fishing line capturing position in which said butterfly assembly is substantially positioned within said pocket of said housing and a fishing line releasing position in which said butterfly assembly is substantially positioned outside of said pocket of said housing, said butterfly assembly including a pair of generally elongated plates, each of said plates having a long axis, each of said plates further having a hinged side defined along said long axis, said butterfly assembly further including a hinge fixed to said hinged sides of said elongated plates to hinge said plates together, whereby upon pivotal release from said housing a first one of said plates being substantially parallel with said housing and the second one of said plates being substantially perpendicular to said first one of said plates.