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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 1987
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1985
Frank E Brown, Springfield, OH (US);
Other;
Abstract
A fishing lure rigging system in which a lure body includes forward and rearward hooks and is separable from the hooks should one or both hooks become snagged beneath the surface of the water or in an object such as a tree when casting the lure. The lure body includes a forward channel which extends from the nose portion to the underside of a mid-portion of the body and a rearward channel which extends from the mid-portion of the body, adjacent to the forward channel, to the tail portion of the body. The lure is rigged by first running the line through the hole in the bill, then through the front line port, through the center hook eye, through the rear line port, then the rear hook is tied on. Should either hook set become caught, the line can be broken and the body separated from the hook sets. In one embodiment, the body includes a bill and the forward channel includes an external segment which extends downwardly from the bill and rearwardly to enter the body at a location spaced from the bill; the external segment acting to eliminate sharp bends in the line to eliminate kinking and to promote lure action, and acting as a bumper to prevent snagging of the hook sets.