Patent ID: 7748156

Claim:
An apparatus for use with a fishing line, the apparatus comprising: a fishing line guide including a quick release attachment plate, said fishing line guide including a pair of guide lines, each of said guide lines having a connector end and a quick release attachment plate end, each of said guide lines having a first section, a second section, and a third section, said first sections diverging from each other from said quick release attachment plate ends toward said second sections, said second sections extending from said first sections at first angles, said third sections extending from said second sections at second angles and terminating at said connector ends, said connector ends being spaced apart from each other and said quick release plate ends being joined both together and to said quick release attachment plate, each of said connector ends including a pair of cantilevered, opposed and spaced-apart connecting arms and a connector fastening stop plate extending transversely to a respective third section, each pair of said connecting arms being commonly connected at said connector fastening stop plate, each of said spaced-apart connecting arms including a protruding element that defines a snap end which protrudes transversely to a respective third section; and a pair of fishing line guide attachment mounting brackets, each of said pair of mounting brackets including a base and a substantially hollow connection end receptacle, said protruding elements defining said snap ends and said stop plates having lateral dimensions which are larger than each of said hollow connection end receptacles, each respective pair of said connecting arms being releasably attachable to a respective connection end receptacle when said each respective pair of said connecting arms is inserted into said respective connection end receptacle with said respective connection end receptacle being positioned between said snap ends of a respective pair of spaced-apart connecting arms and a respective stop plate.