DESCRIZIONE
The present invention relates to a device used in fishing, and in particular, to a device for releasing a fishing weight when a fish is hooked, which device comprises:
i) a connecting means (5) for attaching the device to a fishing line,
ii) a holding means (1) for holding one or more fishing weights, and
iii) a sleeve (3) which in a first position will hold the one or more weights on the holding means (1) and in a second position allows the one or more weights to be released from the holding means (1), the sleeve (3) being biased in the first position,
wherein the device is configured such that the application of a pulling force on the fishing line when a fish is hooked causes the sleeve (3) to move from the first position to the second position. [Image Omitted]