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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 1990
Filed:
May. 27, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Welbourne D McGahee, Melbourne, FL (US);
Assignee:
Loop-A-Line, Inc., Melbourne, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
43 436 ; 24237 ; 43 4272 ; 43 4209 ; 43 4222 ; 43 4483 ;
Abstract
A removable and replaceable weed guard may be added to a fish hook to prevent the hook from becoming entangled with weeds. The weed guard may be made of wire or other spring material and a set of weed guards may be used to calibrate a hook so that the depth and speed of motion of a lure to which the hook is attached may be controlled. The weed guard of the invention is a bait saver, since it prevents live bait from accidentally falling off the hook. A connecting loop for securing to a lure and a figure-eight connector for attaching a fish hook to a lure are also described. A hand tool is useful for attaching the connector.