Abstract: An improved fish hook and assembly comprising a line for connection to a fishing reel and line, a leader element forming a line having a loop connecting the end of the line and a hook at its other end, and having a sink weight identity element connected at an intermediate point thereof, a weight leader having a loop end means at one end and being threaded onto the leader element between the sink weight identity element and its loop, a sleeve of essentially plastic material having a weight element at one end and a slot extending throughout the other end for receiving therein a hook when baited, together with a length of the weight leader and the leader element, and a distal end of the weight leader passing through an aperture at the bottom of the sleeve.