Abstract: An artificial fishing lure. The lure has a bifurcated frame that presents upper and lower arm portions. An eye is presented from the juncture of the upper and lower arm portions. A hook means trails from the lower arm portion, and a spinner blade trails from the upper arm portion. A dive plate has a generally fan-shaped outline with a curvilinear rim that converges to an apex. The apex is connected to the lower arm portion. A sagittally oriented, elongate slot is aligned with the apex and extends toward the rim of the dive plate. The upper arm portion extends through the elongate slot, and a ballast is associated with the lower arm portion.

Abstract: An improved fishing lure (10, 110) embodying the concepts of the present invention is adaptable for use with a fish hook (11, 26, 30, or 111). The lure (10, 110) comprises a body (12, 112) having a forward, head portion (13, 113) and at least one trailing appendage portion (14, 114). The body (12, 112) exhibits supple flexibility, at least when immersed in water, and a plurality of relatively long fibers (15, 115) extend outwardly from at least one surface (16, 116) on the head portion (13, 113). To facilitate use of the lure (10 or 110) the head portion (13, 113) is adapted to be penetrated by the point (18, 28, 118 or 31 and 32) of a fish hook (11, 111, 26 or 30). In one embodiment the head portion (113) is also adapted to be interconnected with the shank (130) of the hook (111). The body (12, 112) is preferably planar with at least one surface (16, 116), and the relatively long fibers (15, 115) extend outwardly from that surface (16, 116).

Abstract: An improved fishing lure (10) embodying the concepts of the present invention is adaptable for use with a fish hook (11, 26 or 30) and comprises a body (12) having a forward, head portion (13) and at least one trailing appendage portion (14). The body (12) exhibits supple flexibility, at least when immersed in water, and a plurality of relatively long fibers (15) extend outwardly from the head portion (13). To facilitate use of the lure (10) the head portion (13) is adapted to be penetrated by the point (18,28 or 31 and 32) of a fish hook (11, 26 or 30). The body (12) is preferably planar to at least one surface (16), and the relatively long fibers (15) extend outwardly from that surface (16). Ideally, the body (12) is natural sheepskin, and the relatively long fibers (15) are the natural wool fibers presented from the sheepskin. Moreover, the body (12) may be chemically treated in order to assure that the sheepskin will exhibit supple flexibility, even upon re-immersion in water after having been dried.