Patent ID: 7559172
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A method of rigging a soft plastic jerk bait comprising the steps of: (a) providing a hook assembly having a first hook and a second hook, each hook having an eye at one end and a point at another end, said first and second hook being connected to one another at their eyes by a flexible connection means; (b) providing a flexible elongate body having a longitudinal axis, a head region forming a distal end of the body, a tail region forming a proximal end of the body, a left wall surface, a right wall surface, a top longitudinal surface, and a bottom longitudinal surface having a channel, said channel having a distal and a proximal end; (c) feeding the point of the second hook through the distal end of the elongate body and out from the channel of the bottom longitudinal surface; (d) advancing the second hook to draw a portion of the flexible connection means through the distal end; (e) feeding the point of the first hook through the distal end of the elongate body and partially out from the channel of the bottom longitudinal surface such that the shank of the hook is embedded in the body and oriented in generally parallel relation with the longitudinal axis of the body, said first hook point facing the head region; and (f) feeding the point of the second hook through the elongate body at the proximal end of the channel and partially out from the bottom longitudinal surface such that the shank of the second hook is embedded in the body and oriented in generally parallel relation with the longitudinal axis of the body, said second hook point facing the head region and being generally aligned with the first hook point, wherein the flexible connection means is positioned in the channel.