Patent ID: 7284349

Claim:
A device for storing fish hooks having a length of leader attached thereto, said device comprising: a) a thin, generally rectangular body constructed of durable plastic; b) said rectangular body having a first face and a second opposing face, a first end of said rectangular body having a first row of posts aligned with said first face and a second row of posts aligned with said second opposing face, each post in said first row of posts having a longitudinal axis extending in a direction parallel to said first face, each post in said second row of posts having a longitudinal axis extending in a direction parallel to said second face, each post of said first row of posts being laterally offset from a respective post of said second row of posts such that a plane extending through each of said longitudinal axes of said first row of posts in a direction both orthogonal to said first face and toward the second row of posts does not intersect any of the longitudinal axes of said second row of posts, and said first and second rows of posts extending axially outwardly from said first end; and c) a second end of said rectangular body having a first planar layer of elastomeric coating on a portion of said first face and a second planar layer of elastomeric coating on an opposing portion of said second face, said first and second elastomeric coatings extending over only about ⅓ of a length of said body; whereby a loop formed in a distal end of the length of leader is hooked over one of said posts and the fish hook is embedded in one of said first and second coatings to secure the fish hook to said storage device.