Patent ID: 8336249

Claim:
A fishing casting device for mounting onto a fishing rod, the casting device comprising: a mount and a lever arm pivotally connected to the mount, wherein a fishing line is releasably held at an end of the lever arm wherein a pivot pin connects the lever arm to the mount, and a release mechanism comprising a tension arrangement that applies tension at a pivot connection at the pivot pin between the lever arm and the mount so as to prevent the arm from pivoting relative to the mount during a casting action until a predetermined casting force is reached to thereby release the fishing line from the arm, wherein the release mechanism includes resilient washers on either side of the lever arm with one of the resilient washers located between the lever arm and the mount and the pivot pin is shifted axially to tighten or loosen the pivot connection by way of pressure applied by the resilient washers on the pivot pin, whereby the predetermined casting force is adjustable by increasing or decreasing the tension of the release mechanism.