Patent ID: 7469498

Claim:
A fishing line release system, the system comprising: a fishing line having a hook end and an intermediate portion, said hook end having a fishing hook attached thereto; a fishing line quick-release, said release including a housing having a pocket defined therein, said release further including a butterfly assembly for capturing and retaining said intermediate portion of said fishing line, said butterfly assembly being pivotably attached to said housing and movable between a fishing line capturing position in which said butterfly assembly is substantially positioned within said pocket of said housing and a fishing line releasing position in which said butterfly assembly is substantially positioned outside of said pocket of said housing, said butterfly assembly including a pair of generally elongated plates, each of said plates having a long axis, each of said plates further having a hinged side defined along said long axis, said butterfly assembly further including a hinge fixed to said hinged sides of said elongated plates to hinge said plates together, said housing further including a v-shaped butterfly plate separator which urges said plates to move away from one another when moved from said fishing line capturing position to said fishing line releasing position; and a quick-release support to which said quick-release is fixedly attached, whereby said intermediate portion of said fishing line is captured and held by said butterfly assembly when said butterfly assembly is in said fishing line capturing position and whereby said intermediate portion of said fishing line is released from said butterfly assembly when said butterfly assembly is in said fishing line releasing position.