Protective shell for a barbed fishing lure

A protective plastic shell for a barbed fishing lure comprising

• a semi-tubularly configured body comprising laterally opposing first and second ridges disposed to extend substantially along the entirety of its longitudinal aspect and enclosed longitudinally disposed ends;
• an enclamping lid comprising
• first and second laterally opposing edges, wherein the first edge is disposed by hinged connection to the semi-tubularly configured body's first ridge;
• open longitudinally disposed ends;
• an enclamping lip disposed upon and substantially along the entirety of the lid's second edge;
• a pop-shut compression node longitudinally disposed upon the lid's exterior proximate its second edge;
• and
• one or more pop-open compression nodes otherwise so disposed but distal the lid's second edge;
• the semi-tubularly configured body further comprising
• an encompassing notch disposed at each end thereof, such that upon forming an enclosure by reason of mutual enclampment of the lid and semi-tubularly configured body along an enclampment sector, a caddying tunnel is longitudinally disposed proximate the lid wherein the protective shell may be axially connected to a fishing rod;
• and
• longitudinally opposing notch shoulders disposed upwards along the sides of each encompassing notch;
• the disposition, configuration and composition of the lid and semi-tubularly configured body being such that upon an operator's depression of the pop-shut node, the lid's second edge is flexed inward to co-engage the second ridge of the semi-tubularly configured body and upon the operator's depression of a pop-open node, is flexed outward to effect release thereof.