Fishing lure with weighted hook-attaching swivel and method of making same

Abstract

A hollow fishing lure body having a cavity in its lower portion defined by a spherical wall with an opening leading from the cavity to the exterior of the body. A ball-shaped weight is rollably disposed in the cavity and has embedded therein the upper portion of a swivel member, whose lower portion loosely extends through the opening and terminates below the lure body in an eye for attachment of a fish hook, capable of maximizing swiveling movements of the hook. The lure is easily and economically fabricated by forming the lure body in two complemental halves, embedding the upper portion of the swivel member in the ball weight, placing the ball in the cavity of one of the two halves of the lure body with the lower portion of the swivel member extending loosely through the opening and the eye disposed below the lure body, and cementing the two halves of the body together. Preferably, the swivel member is formed in the shape of a figure eight. Two additional cavities may be formed within the lure body at the front and rear and a pair of swivel members may be partially inserted within the added cavities prior to joinder of the body halves for attachment of leaders, lines, hooks, etc.

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