Quick drop line management system for fishing outriggers
View Patent ↗Quick drop halyard line roller guides for removable attachment to existing outriggers to allow the user to quickly drop the halyard rigging lines from the outriggers. Quick release roller line guides are provided for removable attachment to the existing eyelet-type circular outrigger line guides. Quick and installation and removal of outrigger halyard lines permits the lines to be safely stored away from harsh environmental conditions when not use thereby extending line life.
1. A removable line guide system for use with a halyard line on a fishing outrigger having a plurality of line guide eyelets, said line guide system comprising:
a plurality of removable roller line guides, including a respective one of said plurality of removable roller line guides for each line guide eyelet of said plurality of line guide eyelets;
each of said plurality of removable roller line guides including a main body having an attachment section and a line guide section;
said attachment section including a pair of arms, said arms defining a gap there between;
a thumb screw in threaded engagement with one of said arms, said thumb screw having a knob at one end thereof and terminating at a distal end, said distal end disposed in said gap and substantially adjacent in relation with the other one of said arms when rotated clockwise to a maximum extent;
said line guide section defining an opening extending generally parallel with said thumb screw;
said main body is removably attached to the outrigger by insertion of one of said plurality of line guide eyelets of said fishing outrigger within said gap and secured thereto by said thumb screw, with the outrigger halyard line extending through said opening.
2. The removable line guide system according to claim 1 , wherein one of said plurality of roller guides has a color coded marking, and the remaining of said plurality of roller guides have a different color coded marking from the one of said plurality of roller guides.
3. The removable line guide system according to claim 1 , wherein said thumb screw has alpha-numeric indicia thereon.
4. In a fishing outrigger having an outrigger line and a plurality of line guide eyelets, wherein the improvement comprises:
a plurality of removable roller line guides, including a respective one of said plurality of removable roller line guides for each line guide eyelet of said plurality of line guide eyelets;
each of said plurality of removable roller line guides including a main body having an attachment section and a line guide section;
said attachment section including a pair of arms, said arms defining a gap there between;
a thumb screw in threaded engagement with one of said arms, said thumb screw having a knob at one end thereof and terminating at a distal end, said distal end disposed in said gap and substantially adjacent in relation with the other one of said arms when rotated clockwise to a maximum extent;
said line guide section defining an opening extending generally parallel with said thumb screw;
whereby said main body is removably attached to the outrigger by insertion of one of said plurality of line guide eyelets of said fishing outrigger within said gap and secured thereto by said thumb screw, with the outrigger line extending through said opening.
5. The removable line guide system according to claim 4 , wherein one of said plurality of roller guides has a color coded marking, and the remaining of said plurality of roller guides have a different color coded marking from the one of said plurality of roller guides.
6. The removable line guide system according to claim 4 , wherein said thumb screw has alpha-numeric indicia thereon.