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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [36] 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  " 
  1. 
  The 
  combination, 
  with 
  the 
  leaf 
  of 
  a 
  fly-book 
  having 
  hooks 
  or 
  

   clips 
  at 
  one 
  end 
  and 
  elastic 
  or 
  spring 
  retainers 
  at 
  the 
  other 
  end, 
  of 
  eye- 
  

   guides 
  for 
  the 
  several 
  retainers, 
  each 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  leaf 
  and 
  receiv- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  retainer 
  through 
  it, 
  substantially 
  as 
  herein 
  described. 
  

  

  u 
  2. 
  The 
  combination, 
  with 
  the 
  leaf, 
  of 
  elastic 
  or 
  spring 
  retainers 
  on 
  

   opposite 
  sides 
  thereof, 
  and 
  an 
  eye-guide 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  tube 
  or 
  ring 
  

   inserted 
  through 
  the 
  leaf 
  and 
  receiving 
  the 
  two 
  said 
  retainers 
  through 
  

   its 
  portions 
  which 
  are 
  presented 
  on 
  opposite 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  leaf, 
  substan- 
  

   tially 
  as 
  herein 
  described. 
  

  

  "3. 
  The 
  combination, 
  with 
  the 
  leaf 
  A, 
  having 
  hooks 
  or 
  clips 
  a 
  at 
  one 
  

   end 
  of 
  retainers, 
  each 
  consisting 
  of 
  the 
  spring 
  D 
  and 
  attached 
  cord 
  D 
  2 
  , 
  

   and 
  a 
  pulley,/, 
  around 
  which 
  said 
  cord 
  passes, 
  substantially 
  as 
  herein 
  

   described." 
  

  

  No. 
  252628. 
  

  

  (Sylvester 
  E. 
  Smith, 
  S;iiut 
  Louis, 
  Mo.; 
  patented 
  January 
  24, 
  1882; 
  combined 
  sinker 
  

   aud 
  fish-hook 
  holder. 
  See 
  Plate 
  XLIV.) 
  

  

  The 
  shank 
  of 
  the 
  hook 
  is 
  inserted 
  into 
  a 
  tubular 
  recess 
  in 
  the 
  fish- 
  

   shaped 
  holder 
  or 
  siuker, 
  one 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  recess 
  being 
  formed 
  by 
  a 
  cam, 
  

   which, 
  when 
  turned, 
  firmly 
  gripes 
  and 
  holds 
  the 
  hook-shank. 
  The 
  line 
  

   is 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  holder, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  holder 
  and 
  hook 
  will 
  

   assume 
  a 
  horizontal 
  position. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  kk 
  1. 
  A 
  sinker 
  for 
  fishing 
  lines, 
  formed 
  in 
  imitation 
  of 
  a 
  fish 
  ami 
  pro 
  

   vided 
  with 
  a 
  holding 
  device 
  for 
  the 
  fish-hook, 
  as 
  described, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  

   purpose 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  "2. 
  A 
  fish 
  hook 
  holder 
  formed 
  with 
  a 
  tubular 
  recess, 
  Z>, 
  in 
  combina- 
  

   tion 
  with 
  the 
  cam 
  B, 
  all 
  arranged 
  as 
  herein 
  described, 
  aud 
  for 
  the 
  pur- 
  

   pose 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  "3. 
  A 
  sinker 
  for 
  fishing 
  lines, 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  device 
  for 
  holding 
  the 
  

   fish-hook 
  and 
  an 
  eye, 
  c', 
  located 
  as 
  described, 
  lor 
  the 
  attachment 
  of 
  the 
  

   line, 
  as 
  described, 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  set 
  forth." 
  

  

  No. 
  279206. 
  

  

  (Henry 
  Van 
  Altena, 
  Milwaukee, 
  Wis.; 
  patented 
  June 
  12, 
  1883; 
  fishing-tackle. 
  See 
  

  

  Plate 
  XLV.) 
  

  

  The 
  object 
  is 
  readily 
  to 
  attach 
  hooks 
  and 
  sinkers 
  to 
  the 
  lines. 
  The 
  

   description 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  crude 
  and 
  inartificial, 
  but 
  the 
  following, 
  based 
  

   principally 
  upon 
  the 
  drawing, 
  would 
  seem 
  to 
  describe 
  the 
  invention 
  ex- 
  

   actly. 
  

  

  A 
  rod 
  or 
  wire 
  is 
  bent 
  upon 
  itself 
  at 
  its 
  ends 
  to 
  form 
  loops, 
  and 
  in 
  such 
  

   manner 
  that 
  a 
  short 
  shank 
  will 
  project 
  beyond 
  the 
  loop 
  along 
  the 
  body 
  

  

  