Patent ID: 7793458

Claim:
A fishhook threading and tying apparatus adapted to mount on a fishing pole, said threading and tying apparatus comprising: a resilient body portion having a longitudinal internal passage having a central axis, said longitudinal internal passage spanning from one end face to an opposite end face of said resilient body portion, said longitudinal internal passage defining opposing frustoconical wall portions having an internal diameter diverging in a first direction toward said one end face, said internal diameter further diverging in a second opposite direction towards said opposite end face of said longitudinal internal passage; a cutaway segment portion adjacent one of said one end face and said opposite end face, said cutaway segment portion having a top surface spaced radially outward of said central axis of said longitudinal internal passage whereby a portion of one of said first direction and second direction internal diameters diverging wall portion is cutaway to define a diverging slit in said resilient body portion such that the eyelet of a fishhook can be frictionally mounted in said diverging slit of said resilient body portion transverse to said central axis of said longitudinal internal passage; a slit extending from said longitudinal internal passage through the outer periphery of said resilient body portion said slit being longitudinally aligned said central axis of said longitudinal internal passage; and means for mounting said resilient body portion to the pole portion of said fishing pole.