Fishing hook with tie rail

A fishing hook assembly comprising:

• a jig head having a length and having a distal end;
• a hook element being of unitary construction and defined by a shaft, the shaft including a head portion and a tail portion, the tail portion including a shank portion and a curved portion extending proximally from the shank portion of the tail portion of the shaft and having a free end that includes a barb, the head portion extending distally in an opposite direction away from the tail portion, the head portion further comprising a tie rail portion extending beyond the distal end of the jig head and externally to and spaced from a side of the jig head;
• wherein a line-pass-through area is defined by an interior area extending between the tie rail portion and an outer surface of the side of the jig head opposite to and facing the tie rail portion;
• wherein the tie rail portion includes a first end where the tie rail portion extends distally from both the distal end of the jig head and the head portion of the shaft in the opposite direction away from the tail portion and a second end where the tie rail portion extends outwardly from the outer surface of the side of the jig head at a location that is spaced from the first end of the tie rail portion and from the distal end of the jig head more than a distance between the tie rail portion and the outer surface of the side of the jig head;
• wherein the head portion of the shaft is connected to at least a portion of the jig head;
• and
• wherein the line-pass-through area defines a first cross-sectional area which is substantially larger than a cross-sectional area of the shaft.