Trolling lure and method of making same

A trolling fishing lure comprising:

• (a) a molded plastic transparent fish-like body having at least two cavities therein with a fish head at one end and two annular wire tie grooves at its other end,
• (b) leader wire opening means extending longitudinally through said body and lying between said cavities,
• (c) reflective spectra film secured to the inside walls of said two cavities positioned on said walls when viewed from the outside of said body to resemble fish-like scales,
• (d) trolling weights in at least one of said cavities,
• (e) an outer skirt of thin plastic mirror film sheeting slit to provide a plurality of streamers wrapped clockwise about said body about said wire tie grooves,
• (f) an inner skirt of thin plastic mirror film sheeting slit to provide a plurality of streamers some of which are wider in width than others,
• (g) said inner skirt being wrapped counter clockwise over and about said outer skirt,
• (h) squid tip means proximate the free ends of the wider streamers of said inner skirt, and
• (i) both said inner and outer skirts being secured to said fish-like body by a length of wire passed about said skirts twisted upon itself and retaining said skirts between said wire and said annular wire tie grooves on said fish-like body.

The method of making a fishing lure comprising:

• (a) forming a two piece plastic body having longitudinally disposed vertically arranged cavities having a leader opening longitudinally through said body, a fish-like head on one end and skirt anchoring grooves at the other end,
• (b) lining the walls of said cavities with spectra film for reflective effect through the transparent plastic body to give a scale like effect,
• (c) adding trolling weights in said cavities,
• (d) forming an outer skirt of a sheet of plastic mirror film sheeting slit along at least a portion of the major portion of its major axis to form streamers,
• (e) attaching said outer skirt to the rear of said body overlying the skirt anchoring grooves with cement so that the free ends of said streamers are directed forwardly toward the head,
• (f) forming an inner skirt of a sheet of plastic mirror film sheeting slit along a portion of the major axis to form streamers some of which are broader than others,
• (g) placing the inner skirt over the outer skirt with the free ends of the streamers directed forwardly toward the head,
• (h) anchoring both said inner and outer skirts to said body by passing a small diameter wire about said skirts and twisting it upon itself to lock the skirts and wires in the skirt anchoring grooves,
• (i) forming squid tips on the free ends of the broader streamers by looping the free ends upon themselves and securing the end of the loop to the streamer, and
• (j) fanning the free ends of the streamers of said inner and outer skirts back over the fish-like body to form a streamer shroud cavity at the rear of the fish within which a hook connected to a leader passing through the body of the fish may be placed during trolling with the lure.