Identifying a piece of fishing tackle: I have this piece of tackle that I cannot identify or how to use it. I know it is at least 50 years old. It was in my father-in-law's table box.

zenovi Loc: philadelphia

I have this piece of tackle that I cannot identify or how to use it. I know it is at least 50 years old. It was in my father-in-law's table box. It measures 1 3/4 inches long. The black circle is 1/4 inch and has hole in the middle. It is one solid piece and does not come apart. Thanks for any assistance.

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OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin

I would like to try to help, but I can’t open the files…
Hopefully someone comes along to help!

Danger25 Loc: Philly/ Cape may New Jersey

Won’t open

Jer Loc: N. Illinois 🇺🇸

zenovi wrote:

I have this piece of tackle that I cannot identify or how to use it. I know it is at least 50 years old. It was in my father-in-law's table box. It measures 1 3/4 inches long. The black circle is 1/4 inch and has hole in the middle. It is one solid piece and does not come apart. Thanks for any assistance.

Mine opened. Here’s the picture.

Danger25 Loc: Philly/ Cape may New Jersey

Jer wrote:

Mine opened. Here’s the picture.

Could it be an old version of a fishfinder rig setup like the image in the picture with the pyramid sinker on it?

HenryG Loc: Falmouth Cape Cod Massachusetts

zenovi wrote:

I have this piece of tackle that I cannot identify or how to use it. I know it is at least 50 years old. It was in my father-in-law's table box. It measures 1 3/4 inches long. The black circle is 1/4 inch and has hole in the middle. It is one solid piece and does not come apart. Thanks for any assistance.

It might be a tool to assist you when your tying hooks on your line looks home-made 🇺🇸🎣😎👍

kandydisbar Loc: West Orange, NJ

Jer wrote:

Mine opened. Here’s the picture.

Looks like something else was attached behind the black circle. Curious.

DC Loc: Washington state

could be something that pulled out or broke off a wader, vest, net or something that he kept thinking g he would repair it some day

zenovi Loc: philadelphia

No it did not come from a vest etc. I have about 20 pieces of this tackle

Grizzly 17 Loc: South central Pa

Danger25 wrote:

Could it be an old version of a fishfinder rig setup like the image in the picture with the pyramid sinker on it?

I'm with you on that idea D. I molded alot of sinkers n jig heads. I have one mold for big sinkers. This looks similar to the inserts for them 👍🎣

MoJoe Loc: Springfield, MO

It may assist in holding hackle while tying a fly.

Still above water Loc: San Francisco ca

zenovi wrote:

I have this piece of tackle that I cannot identify or how to use it. I know it is at least 50 years old. It was in my father-in-law's table box. It measures 1 3/4 inches long. The black circle is 1/4 inch and has hole in the middle. It is one solid piece and does not come apart. Thanks for any assistance.

Can’t open your files!

Jer Loc: N. Illinois 🇺🇸

Still above water wrote:

Can’t open your files!

Picture is shown above.

Still above water Loc: San Francisco ca

zenovi wrote:

No it did not come from a vest etc. I have about 20 pieces of this tackle

Is that aluminum foil between the black plastic bead and does that bead rotate?

Still above water Loc: San Francisco ca

Still above water wrote:

Is that aluminum foil between the black plastic bead and does that bead rotate?

When my uncle passed away about ten years ago I inherited all his tackle. In one of his tackle boxes were several of these exact items. He kept his boat at Big Break in the delta for many years. He bait fished exclusively for stripers in the area. I don’t know want he used them for but I would guess that he used them , if he did , for his bait fishing setup. How or for what I have no clue. I have no idea what I did with them.