MATERIALS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR JOINING LINES
A hand-held device for joining fishing line segments. The device is electrically powered and is portable. The device includes an encasement for orienting the fishing line segments in a closed chamber in close, non-contacting orientation. A material is injected into the closed chamber to encase the lines. This material can be adhesive material or a flowable polymer material having a melting temperature lower than the line segments to be bonded. A pre-formed, flexible polymer sheath (or sleeve) is used to retain the line segments in the chamber. A heater heats the polymer sheath (or sleeve) within the encasement to allow the polymer to flow and encase the line segments without melting the line segments. The result is a system that is able to join various types and sizes of fishing line segments to ether or securing hooks or other components to at least one line.