An apparatus for releasable attachment to a fishing rod, said apparatus
including: a barrel having a first end and a releasably sealed first
region; wherein the first region of the barrel includes a space within
the barrel substantially bounded by a second end of the barrel and a
protrusion disposed inside the barrel; and a means of selectably
adjusting the volume of the first region including adjusting the position
of the protrusion along a length of the barrel; and wherein when the
protrusion is disposed inside the barrel, it extends radially-inwardly of
the barrel in a substantially transverse orientation to an elongate axis
of the barrel; and a means of controllably feeding a propellant into the
releasably sealed first region; and a means of expanding the propellant
whereby the said expansion of the propellant causes a projectile disposed
within the barrel to be propelled outwardly of the barrel via the first
end.