Fly Fishing Patents - Arm mounted fly pack edition

Hand not included.

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Fly fishing method and apparatus

A hook-less fly crafted on a core other than a hook is described for attachment to a line at a material distance from a distal circle hook. One or more fly(s) may be attached to a single line at a point above a single circle hook. The separation on the line of hook from fly requires only the fly to enter the fish's mouth. The hook, when a fish takes the fly, is externally located. Striking the rod in response to the fish taking the fly draws the line through the fish's mouth and engages the distally located circle hook into the outer jaw.

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You may remember it as the Moffit System.

Apparatus and method for improving fly fishing casting

The present invention provides an apparatus and method for improving the casting ability of a fly fisherman. The apparatus preferably comprises a fly rod with fly line and a fly replica attached to an end of the fly line. The fly replica preferably further comprises an adhesive material on a surface of said fly replica. The preferred embodiment also comprises a target area for receiving the fly replica. The target area preferably comprises a target and a fish replica. The target has a base portion and a second adhesive material on an upper surface of the target base portion. The fish replica is positioned adjacent to the target. The fish replica is secured by support elements. The support elements keep the fish replica in an upright position, relative to the ground upon which the targets are positioned. The objective is for a user to cast the fly replica onto the target without striking the fish replica with either the fly replica or the fly line. In the method disclosed herein, multiple targets, of varying sizes and at varying distances, may be used to convert this system into a game of skill.

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Device for fly-fishing

A fly fishing device for feeding and reeling fly line to and from a rod held by a fisherman, comprising a line reel for reeling in the fly line, The line reel including a frictionally controlled line spool, a driver coupled to the line spool for actuation by the fisherman a support coupled to the line reel for holding the line reel under one of the fishermans upper arms while fishing: said line reel including an electric motor, frictionally connected to the line spool, a switch on the motor driving the line spool for initiation by the fisherman.

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