Year: 1886

page_text: I, WILLIAM WOODFIELD of Redditch in the County of Worcester Fishing Tackle
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:—
This invention has for its object improvements in artificial baits which are
intended in a great measure to obviate the liability for the various hooks and parts
thereof to become entangled the one with the other, which has been such an
annoyance to fishermen heretofore.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice, I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which I have
illustrated five different baits made according thereto which will sufficiently
illustrate it to enable others to apply the principle to other baits the invention
being applicable to any kind of artificial fishing bait.
Figure 1 is an illustration of what is cominonly known as a "Spoon" Bait,
Figure 2 is an illustration of what is commonly known as an "Otter" Bait.
Figure 3 is an illustration of what is commonly known as a "Caledonian " Bait.
Figure 4 is an illustration of what is commonly known as a " Devon " Bait.
Figure 5 is an illustration of what is commonly known as a "Chapman Spinner"
Bait
In each of the above illustrations it will be noted that the connections between
the hook or hooks and the baits are made of wire or other similar material in such
a manner as to give a certain amount of stiffness to the junction of the hook with
the bait for instance in Figure 1 the "Spoon" Bait A is attached to the hooks B
by the twisted wire C which gives more flexibility for a given strength than a
single strand of wire but I may use either a single strand or a number of strands
twisted together according to the requirements of each case. The "Otter Bait,"
D Figure 2 is united to the hooks E by the wire F so as to have a similar amount
of rijidity in fact enough to keep it from unnecessarily bending about. In the case
of the "Caledonian Bait " H Figure 3 the lower hooks J are united by the wire G
and the hooks K and L are united by the wire and U. The "Devon Bait," M
may be made with the hooks N and N¹ united by the wire n³ instead of gut so
that they may be made to retain any particular position thereto such as standing
out horrizontally or as shown the hooks P and P¹ are also united by the wire p³.

page_text: Then the "Chapman Bait" R Figure 5 is similar in regard to the attachments of
the hooks S S¹ and T as the connection 8³ is wire either twisted or plain as also t¹.
I do not however confine myself to making every hook more or less rijid in any
bait as in the case of Figure 5 the hook T might be connected on gut or the loop
principle without much detriment and the same remark would apply to other
classes of baits.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
The improvements in artificial fishing baits of a more or less rijid connection
made between the hooks or some of them by wire or other similar material
substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.
D1 M 1000
GEORGE BARKER,
Agent for the Applicant.