Fishing lure

Abstract

A fishing lure comprising a dense body portion having a bore therethrough; a recess formed in the body portion, the recess communicating with the bore, the recess sized to accommodate and receive the eyelet of a hook, said recess having non-resilient walls and a mouth; and a resilient obstruction adjacent the mouth of the recess, the resilient obstruction inhibiting passage of the eyelet of the hook until a force is exerted upon the eyelet to cause the resilient obstruction to yield and allow passage of the eyelet. Additionally, a fishing lure assembly, for ordered array upon an fishing line terminating at an eyelet of a fishhook, the lure including a forward piece having a bore and a rearward directed semi-spherical recess; a generally spherical bead having a bore and a spherical radius slightly smaller than the radius of the recess of the first piece; and a rearward piece having a bore, a forward directed semi-spherical recess of a radius slightly greater than the bead, and having rearward directed means for releaseably holding a fishhook eyelet.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.