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Retrieval tools: spears and overshot
The tool that latch onto the fish down hole is often called a retrieval tool.
There are two main types of retrieval tool:
1-spears: to latch into an internal fishing neck profile
2-overshot: to latch onto an external fishing neck profile.
A spear retrieval tool also exists for latching internally on fish with no fishing profile This tool uses
slips that bite into the ID of a cylindrical
fish.