a removable handle 40 and handle release mechanism 42 within the context of the present novel invention the device in its various embodiments as illustrated in fig1 a 1 l 2 3 4 a and 5 a is used to retrieve hair clogs 36 shown in fig1 g and other fibrous debris from the upper portions of drains from the drain opening to the u shaped trap the flexible shaft 10 allows the device to be bent into many shapes that aid in grasping pushing pulling and rotating the device to navigate the drainpipe and snag clogs for example if the device comes to the user packaged in a coil the user may simply uncoil the needed length to reach the hair clog and grasp the remaining o shaped uncoiled shaft as a handle as viewed in fig1 c 1d the proximal end of the shaft may also be bent into a t shape handle for the same grasping convenience a third option might be to bend the grasping proximal end into a z shape crank not shown and use both hands to crank the device rotating the pad 12 within the drain like a rectangular paddle sweeping and entangling the drain hair and other fibrous clogs the 300 odd hooking members 38 on both sides of the hair snagging pad 12 will aggressively entangle and hold the hair for retrieval of the clog the embodiment of the device as represented in fig1 l operates in a very similar fashion to the other embodiments the distal end of the device with the hair snagging pad 12 is inserted into the drain and manipulated in an up and down or rotating motion to snag hair clogs 36 fig1 g suspended over the drain pop up.