The Digital Anatomist Project

Nonchafing fishing line drop-back clips with hydrodynamic characteristics having a pair of spring leaves with control domes on the inside of the lower ends for receiving a snap, swivel, leader eye, thong, or bight of a line, a stem joining the leaves with a lateral hole for fishing connectors, and a tension screw for adjusting the force required to withdraw the snap, etc., from between the control domes according to the force required to hold or troll any particular bait or lure. A loop of line or leader material may be used between the drop-back clip ends of such a length as to provide a "drop-back" suitable for hooking the kind of fish in the area. In a modification a thong, which may be used in lieu of the loop, is provided in the form of a flexible strip with one end secured under the tension screw head and the other end releasably clamped between the domes.