Fishing gear retriever

This retriever moves down a fishing line to which the gear is attached and includes an upper ring and a lower, hollow cylinder, with a transverse slot in the ring and an inclined slot extending downwardly in the cylinder, beginning below the transverse slot of the ring. An upright rod is attached between the ring and cylinder generally opposite the slots, while another rod, which is joined to the first rod at an apex, is spaced laterally from the ring and also laterally from the cylinder down to a position below the inclined slot. A circular clapper is mounted on a pin which is generally transverse to the plane of the rods, but is offset from the center of the cylinder. A shorter rod extending inwardly inside the cylinder is positioned to prevent the clapper from moving downwardly out of the cylinder, while an upper rod extends forwardly to engage the clapper to prevent the clapper from moving to a 90 DEG position.