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A hook protection and float device including a pair of cooperating enclosing halves operable to open and close with respect to each other. Flanges integral with each enclosing half are used to manipulate the halves into the open position against the biasing of a resilient band. The halves each inclu

A hook protection and float device including a pair of cooperating enclosing halves operable to open and close with respect to each other. Flanges integral with each enclosing half are used to manipulate the halves into the open position against the biasing of a resilient band. The halves each include an exterior perimeter surface terminating in a perimeter edge. The edges provide for overlapping cooperation of the perimeter edges when the halves are closed with respect to each other. The exterior surfaces define an enclosure space for the placement therein or removal therefrom from a fish hook. The perimeter edges define a hook shank hole through which the shank portion of the hook protrudes when the hook is enclosed within the enclosure space. The present invention also includes a hook shank collar the perimeter of which is coterminous with the perimeter of the hook shank hole and extends therefrom into the enclosure space. A buoyant insert is also provided for placement in the enclosure space for providing buoyancy for the present invention when used as a float.

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A hook protecting device, comprising a first enclosing half and a second enclosing half, each enclosing half having an exterior surface and each exterior surface terminating in a perimeter edge, the perimeter edges including means for providing overlapping cooperation between the perimeter edges whe

A hook protecting device, comprising a first enclosing half and a second enclosing half, each enclosing half having an exterior surface and each exterior surface terminating in a perimeter edge, the perimeter edges including means for providing overlapping cooperation between the perimeter edges when in a closed position relative to each other, and when in the closed position the exterior surfaces of the enclosing halves defining a hook enclosure space, a fulcrum portion integral with each enclosing half and adjacent each perimeter edge, an opening flange, integral with each fulcrum portion and extending therefrom at an oblique angle, the flanges for opening the enclosing halves relative to each other about the fulcrum portions thereof, an annular recess extending around and defined by the exterior surface of the first and second enclosing halves, resilient closure means extending around the first and second enclosing halves in the annular recess for biasing the enclosing halves in the closed position, and the perimeter edges defining a hook shank hole extending through the exterior surface of the enclosing halves into the enclosure space defined by the enclosure halves when in the closed position.