Patent ID: 7694454

Claim:
An in-line fishing line release for holding a sinker weight to a fishing line, said fishing line release comprising: a release housing body attachable to a line to fishing rod via a compression arm fastened by a compression arm axle pin fastener means, with a pivot cam line guide transversely oriented to a longitudinal line guide with said pivot cam line guide capable of holding a leader line; said release housing body attachable to said line to fishing rod via said compression arm fastened by said compression arm axle pin fastener means with said pivot cam line guide axially oriented to said longitudinal line guide with said pivot cam line guide capable of locking at any point along said leader line; said longitudinal line guide centers said line to fishing rod where contact is minimized with a brake; said compression arm axle pin fastener means holding said release housing body in either a locked or unlocked position; a fishing line tension adjustment control comprising a clip arm tension screw adjustment means and a brake adjustment screw means pair capable of applying tension to a body transverse line applied through said compression arm, with said body transverse line an extension of said leader line; wherein said compression arm is rotatable from said locked position to said unlocked position; said brake adjustment screw means capable of exerting line tension on said compression arm; said clip arm tension adjustment screw means capable of adjusting tension on said compression arm through a clip arm and a cam clip catch capable of an immediate release of line tension; and said release housing body having a sinker connection capable of attaching a sinker weight or a sinker line and weight combination.