Fishing lure dressing keeper

A keeper in combination with a fishing lure having a hook projecting from a head, said keeper comprising a core member and a substantially coextensive tubular plastic stem having a bore and mounted to said core member at said bore, wherein said core member is molded into said head, and wherein a plurality of projections radiate from an outer surface of said stem in concentric relation to said bore, wherein each of said plurality of projections is defined by a surface rotated about said stem relative to said bore, whereby a dressing or live bait can be threaded onto said keeper and secured to said lure.

A fishing lure comprising:

• a) a head, a hook mounted to said head and having an eye, a shank and a barb, and a filamentary member and wherein said eye is exposed from said head and said shank extends through said head and said filamentary member projects from said head;
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• b) a keeper comprising a tubular plastic stem having a longitudinal bore, wherein a plurality of projections transversely radiate around an outer surface of said stem in concentric relation to said bore, and wherein said bore is mounted to said filamentary member, whereby a dressing or live bait can be threaded onto said keeper.

A fishing lure comprising:

• a) a head and a hook mounted to project from said head and having an eye, a shank and a barb and wherein said eye is exposed from said head and said shank extends from said head;
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• b) a keeper comprising a core member and a substantially coextensive plastic stem mounted to said core member, wherein said core member is mounted to extend from said head, wherein a plurality of seriatim, frustum shaped projections radiate around a longitudinal outer surface of said stem in concentric relation to said stem and core, and wherein an apex of each projection is directed toward an end of said stem distal to said head, whereby a dressing or live bait can be threaded onto said keeper.

A keeper in combination with a fishing lure, comprising:

• a) said fishing lure having a head and a filamentary member mounted to extend from said head;
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• b) a tubular plastic stem having a longitudinal bore and a slit through an outer surface of said stem that communicates with and is coextensive with said bore, wherein a plurality of projections extend along said outer surface of said stem, wherein each of said plurality of projections is defined by a surface rotated about said stem relative to said bore, and wherein said filamentary member is mounted in said bore, whereby a dressing or live bait can be threaded onto said plurality of projections.

A keeper in combination with a fishing lure, comprising:

• a) said fishing lure having a head and a wire molded to extend from said head;
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• b) a tubular plastic stem having a longitudinal bore and a slit through an outer surface of said stem that communicates with and is coextensive with said bore, wherein a plurality of projections extend along said outer surface of said stem, wherein each of said plurality of projections is defined by a surface rotated about said stem relative to said bore, and wherein said wire is mounted in said bore, whereby a dressing or live bait can be threaded onto said plurality of projections.

A fishing lure comprising:

• a) a head, a hook and a filamentary member and wherein said hook and said filamentary member each extend from said head;
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• b) a keeper comprising a tubular plastic stem having a longitudinal bore and a coextensive longitudinal slit through an outer surface of said stem that communicates with and is coextensive with said longitudinal bore, wherein a plurality of projections transversely radiate relative to said bore from said outer surface of said stem, and wherein said bore is mounted over said filamentary member, whereby a dressing or live bait can be threaded onto said plurality of projections.