A feeder (30) for feeding bait to fish during fishing, which feeder (30) comprises a feeder body (32) for receiving the bait, conduit means (34) on the feeder body (32), a length of elastic material (36) in the conduit means (34), first connector means (38) which is positioned at a first end (40) of the conduit means (34) and which is for connecting a first end (42) of the length of elastic material (36) to a reel line (44) on a reel, and second connector means (46) which is positioned at a second end (48) of the conduit means (34) and which is for connecting a second end (50) of the length of elastic material (36) to a hook line (52) on a hook (54), and the feeder (30) being such that:(i) the first connector means (38) is located inside the first end (40) of the conduit means (34), and is not removable from the conduit means (34) through the first end (40) of the conduit means (34)(ii) the first connector means (38) is removable from the conduit means (34) through the second end (48) of the conduit means (34) and(iii) the first connector means (38) extends from inside the first end (40) of the conduit means (34) to beyond the first end (40) of the conduit means (34).
