Home of LongLiner™!
This is the Home of LongLiner.™ LongLiner™ was invented by Dr. Steven Lumsden, and patented both on concept and mechanical design in 2010.
Longliner is one of the more important angling innovations for fishermen in this decade.
On these pages you will learn what LongLiner™ is, what it does, how to operate it, and how to order your own LongLiners.
You will be glad you took the time to understand this important new fishing device.
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(Our appreciation to NW Sportsman Magazine
for the graphic arts work on this poster.) ↑
LongLiner™ in the closed (affixed) position. ↓
WHAT IS A LONGLINER™?
A LongLiner™ is a strike-activated release device that allows you to affix your sinker weight virtually anywhere on your fishing line. When a fish strikes, the LongLiner's trip mechanism releases and the LongLiner™ and sinker weight are released to slide down the fishing line to a swivel stop near the fishing lure (or bait) so that you can reel in the fish.
LongLiner™ in the closed (affixed) position is firmly attached to the line. ↑
LongLiner™ in the open (tripped) position is free to slide down the line. ↑
For years anglers have sought ways to have longer leaders below their fishing weights and still have a way of reeling in the fish without the fishing weights reaching the rod tip and preventing the line from being retrieved any further in order to land the fish.
Breakaway sinkers were one of the early solutions, but anglers didn't like the idea of irretrievably dropping their a lead weight in the ocean, lake or river every time a fish struck. Jettisoning the weight was both expensive and environmentally unfriendly.
Another invention was the lead weight with a brass wire "clip" designed to squeeze the fishing line, but release the lead weight to slide down the line when a fish struck. It worked moderately well with very heavy lines, which could withstand the line mashing that happened in the "jaws" of the brass wire clip. The release mechanism was primitive, the release pressure was unpredictable, and every different weight sinker had to be bought with the special release configuration -- an expensive and unreliable proposition at best.
Next came downriggers with their heavy lines, big lead balls, and break-away clips. Downriggers work wonderfully, but they are expensive, a chore to operate, and they cannot be used on charter and party boats unless they are part of the charter company's equipment.
LongLiner™, in contrast, is everyman's portable "down-rigger." It works right on your fishing line. You can use it on any boat, because it is on your line, not affixed to the boat. You attach the weight you need to the LongLiner™; you don't need a new LongLiner™ for every different weight you use. It's rubber "jaws" grip the line firmly without damaging it. The grip pressure is adjustable. The strike release is very consistent and it is adjustable.
Charter captains on the West Coast are raving about the LongLiner™. It is allowing them to run short rods and long leaders and catch rates have increased remarkably. For testimonials from charter captains, and others, check out the "Testimonials" tab on this webpage.
West Coast anglers who have discovered the LongLiner™ are using it more and more. The product is brand new, being released to market in 2009, so it has not been discovered yet in the Great Lakes and other regions, but it will soon be there. You can be one of the first in these other regions to try it out.
Steve Lumsden, inventor of LongLiner, and a 15 pound Silver
caught at Newport, Oregon, 2009. ↓
Check out this article by Kayak Angler Online to see what Russ Schroeder has to say about LongLiner.
Check out this new-gear article by Kayak Fishing Magazine to see what kayakers think about LongLiner.
Northwest Sportsman Magazine
gave LongLiner their "Best of Show" award
at the 2010 Bighorn Outdoor Adventure Show in Spokane, Washington. ↓
Here is a link to four videos on "How to Fish the LongLiner".