Flippin fishing method and rod employing tangle preventing line guide

Abstract

In a method of fishing utilizing the flippin technique, a loop of line is drawn from between two eyelets, rather than from between the reel and an eyelet. A flippin rod ( 10 a, 10 b ) has an additional eyelet ( 27 ) mounted between the reel ( 13 ) and the closest guide ( 19 ) of a plurality of conventional eyelet fishing guides ( 16 - 19 ). Fishing utilizing the flippin technique with the rod ( 10 a, 10 b ) includes grasping the line ( 21 ) between the guides ( 19, 27 ) and pulling the line into a loop ( 29 ). The eyelet ( 27 ) prevents the loop ( 29 ) from tangling with the reel ( 13 ) when the loop is released, and also provides additional line ( 31 ) so the bait will achieve a deeper depth. In a telescoping rod ( 11 b ), the eyelet ( 27 ) is positioned so as not to interfere with retracting the distal portion ( 34 ) of the rod ( 11 b ) into the proximal portion ( 33 ).

I claim:  
     
         1 . A flippin pole comprising: 
 a rod having a reel seat disposed near a proximal end of said rod, for holding a reel for dispensing line; and    a plurality of conventional line guides disposed along a length of said rod near a distal end of said rod;    wherein the improvement comprises: 
 an additional line guide disposed between said reel seat and one of said conventional line guides that is the closest of said conventional line guides to said reel seat, at a point far enough from said reel seat so that line drawn from between said one conventional line guide and said additional line guide into an open loop of line away from said pole, will not get tangled with a reel mounted on said reel seat when allowed to return to said pole, but close enough to said proximal end to be easily reached by an angler using said pole, thereby to facilitate the flippin technique of fishing by drawing line from between said one conventional line guide and said additional line guide into an open loop of line without having line from said open loop tangling with the reel.  
   
     
     
         2 . A flippin pole according to  claim 1  wherein: 
 said additional line guide is disposed on said rod a distance from said reel seat of between two inches and fifteen inches.  
 
     
     
         3 . A flippin pole according to  claim 1  wherein: 
 said additional line guide is closer to said reel seat than it is to said one conventional line guide.  
 
     
     
         4 . A method of fishing using a flippin technique, comprising: 
 (a) holding a rod according to  claim 1  with a reel disposed on said reel seat for dispensing line, said line extending from said reel through said line guides outwardly beyond the distal end of said rod and having a bait fastened to a distal end of said line;    (b) setting said reel into a line-braking mode;    (c) with said reel in the line-braking mode, using a hand to draw line from between said one conventional line guide and said additional line guide; and    (d) releasing said loop of line, thereby lowering said bait in an area of water to be fished.    
     
     
         5 . A method of fishing using a flippin technique, comprising: 
 (a) holding a rod having a reel seat disposed near a proximal end of said rod, a reel, for dispensing line, disposed on said reel seat, a plurality of conventional line guides disposed along a length of said rod near a distal end of said rod, an additional line guide disposed between said reel and one of said conventional line guides that is the closest of said conventional line guides to said reel, at a point far enough from said reel so that line drawn from between said one conventional line guide and said additional line guide into an open loop of line away from said pole, will not get tangled with said reel when allowed to return to said pole, but close enough to said proximal end to be easily reached by an angler using said pole, said line extending from said reel through said line guides outwardly beyond the distal end of said rod and having a bait fastened to a distal end of said line;    (b) setting said reel into a line-braking mode;    (c) with said reel in the line-braking mode, using a hand to draw line from between said one conventional line guide and said additional line guide into an open loop of line; and    (d) releasing said loop of line, thereby lowering said bait in an area of water to be fished.    
     
     
         6 . A telescoping flippin pole comprising: 
 a telescoping rod having a distal portion which retracts within a proximal portion of said rod for transport and storage;    a reel seat disposed on said proximal portion for holding a reel for dispensing line;    a plurality of conventional line guides disposed along a length of said distal portion, one of said conventional line guides being the closest of said conventional line guides to said reel seat; and    an additional line guide disposed on said proximal portion near the distal end of said proximal portion so as to not interfere with the retraction of said distal portion into said proximal portion, thereby to facilitate the flippin technique of fishing by drawing line from between said one conventional line guide and said additional line guide into an open loop of line without having line from said open loop tangling with a reel disposed on said reel seat.    
     
     
         7 . A method of fishing using a flippin technique, comprising: 
 (a) holding a rod according to  claim 6  with a reel disposed on said reel seat for dispensing line, said line extending from said reel through said line guides outwardly beyond the distal end of said rod and having a bait fastened to a distal end of said line;    (b) setting said reel into a line-braking mode;    (c) with said reel in the line-braking mode, using a hand to draw line from said one conventional line guide and said additional line guide into an open loop of line; and    (d) releasing said loop of line, thereby lowering said bait in an area of water to be fished.    
     
     
         8 . A method of fishing using a flippin technique, comprising: 
 (a) holding a telescoping rod having a distal portion which retracts within a proximal portion of said rod for transport and storage, a reel seat disposed on said proximal portion, a reel, for dispensing line, disposed on said reel seat, a plurality of conventional line guides disposed along a length of said distal portion, one of said conventional line guides being the closest of said conventional line guides to said reel, and an additional line guide disposed on said proximal portion near the distal end of said proximal portion so as to not interfere with the retraction of said distal portion into said proximal portion, said line extending from said reel through said line guides outwardly beyond the distal end of said rod and having a bait fastened to a distal end of said line;    (b) setting said reel into a line-braking mode;    (c) with said reel in the line-braking mode, using a hand to draw line from between said one conventional line guide and said additional line guide into an open loop of line; and    (d) releasing said loop of line, thereby lowering said bait in an area of water to be fished.    
     
     
         9 . A method of fishing using a flippin technique comprising: 
 (a) holding a flippin pole having a rod, a reel disposed near a proximal end of said rod for dispensing line, and a plurality of line guides disposed along said rod, said line extending from said reel through said guides outwardly beyond the distal end of said rod and having a bait fastened to a distal end of said line;    (b) setting said reel into a line-braking mode;    (c) with said reel in the line-braking mode, using a hand to draw line from between a pair of said line guides into an open loop of line; and    (d) then releasing said loop of line, thereby lowering said bait in an area of water to be fished.    
     
     
         10 . A method according to  claim 9  wherein: 
 said step (c) comprises drawing said line from between a pair of line guides which are the closest line guides to said reel.  
 
     
     
         11 . A method according to  claim 9  further comprising: 
 (e) with said reel still set in said line-braking mode, using a hand to pull a length of said line from between said pair of line guides, to again form an open loop of line, thereby raising said bait; and  
 (f) repeating said step (d).  
 
     
     
         12 . A method according to  claim 11  further comprising: 
 between said steps (e) and (d), moving the tip of said pole so as to lower said bait in an area of water different from said first named area of water to be fished.  
 
     
     
         13 . A method according to  claim 11  wherein: 
 said step (e) comprises pulling a length of said line which is smaller than the length of said line pulled in said step (c).  
 
     
     
         14 . A method according to  claim 11  wherein: 
 the tip of said poles lowered concurrently with said step (d) and the tip of said pole is raised concurrently with said step (e).