Patent ID: 7003911

Claim:
An apparatus for use in fly fishing, the apparatus comprising: a fly-fishing leader having a longitudinal axis and a distal end; a fly attached to the distal end and having a hook; a hook-setting strike indicator fixed to the leader a distance from the fly in the range of 2–6 feet, the strike indicator consisting essentially of: a generally cup-shaped disc having; a first, concave side facing the fly; a second, convex side away from the fly; an outer rim which is the outer extremity of the disc and which has a diameter, the outer rim surrounding and defining an opening into an interior space of the generally cup-shaped disc, the opening extending substantially across the entire diameter; a central portion having a orifice through which the leader extends, wherein the central portion is fixed to the leader so that the disc is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the leader and so that the disc does not move along the leader; so that said first, concave side of the disc offers resistance in the water to set the hook in a fish's mouth upon a strike by the fish; wherein the generally cup-shaped disc has a slot and wherein the central portion is fixed to the leader by means of the leader extending through the orifice and being looped through the slot.