Fishing lure apparatus and method

Abstract

A fishing lure apparatus having a changeable skirt has a head having a bore therethrough for passage of a fishing line in a chamber formed therein. An attaching member is attached to the rear of the head. A lure skirt has a slotted skirt sleeve at one end thereof with a plurality of stringers extending therefrom which attaches to a slotted skirt support ring using a slotted clamp. A locking member having a bore therethrough slides on the fishing line and attaches to the head attaching member through the slotted skirt sleeve, slotted skirt supporting ring, and slotted clamp for attaching the skirt to the fishing lure. By loosening the locking member, the skirt attached to the skirt supporting ring with the slotted clamp can be slid off the leader and removed from the lure head. The skirt and other members are removed by sliding the fishing line through the slot in the skirt sleeve and then sliding a replacement skirt attached to a skirt supporting ring with a slotted clamp over the fishing line and reattaching the locking member to the attaching member on the head of the lure. The lure also provides for a second slotted sleeve skirt ring and clamp for removably attaching a second skirt to the fishing lure. The method provides for selecting the fishing lure and changing the skirt thereon while the lure is attached to the fishing line.