Year: 1888

page_text: 1, STANFORD PERROTT of 109 Fore Street Kingsbridge in the County of Devon
Fishing tackle manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
A minnow for fishing, made of white metal, solid, flattened sides, curved top and
bottom, chased on back from head to tail, with a hole through to take the armings,
which are movable up and down a slit from fins to tail.
A transverse slit measuring about one eighth of an inch takes a double spring
hook "anchor fashion" the stock of which hook runs into the said slit, thereby
keeping the armings in their proper position, thus preventing the shifting of the bait
until a fish strikes. The spinning powers are received from the said hook.

page_text: I STANFORD PERROTT of 109 Fore Street, Kingsbridge in the County of Devon
Fishing Tackle Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this 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 consists in certain improvements in anglers minnows or spinning
hait, the object of which is to make such bait more suitable and convenient for its
purpose.
The improved minnow and armings therefor are shown in the accompanying
drawing, the armings being shown as drawn out of the body of the minnow and not
in the position they occupy in the body when the bait is in use.
C
A is the body of the minnow, it is made solid preferably of white metal, the sides a
being flattened, and the back and belly somewhat curved. The sides a and back bare
preferably chased while the belly may be left smooth. Axially through the centre of
the body is a passage for the gut or line by which the arming is attached to the
fishing line. This passage is preferably made large enough to take the swivel B and
not interfere with the action of the latter. On the sides of the body are the inclined
fins C for causing the spinning of the bait when drawn through the water. Along
the back and belly from the tail towards the head are made the slots d that on the
belly being similar to that shown in the drawing on the back. These slots open into
the central passage c before mentioned and preferably terminato just behind the region
of the fins C.
Similar but shorter slots e are made in the sides a extending from the tail end for a
short distance only in direction towards the head.
The arming is constructed as follows. To the end of a length of gut is fastened
the three pronged hook or group of hooks g, further down the gut is fixed a double
spring hook and below the latter a pair of three pronged hooks i fastened each by
a short length of gimp or gut to the gut f aforesaid, or with it to the eye of the
swivel so that the hooks i project in a plane at right angles to the plane in which the
double spring hook lies. The gut is connected by swivel B as before said to
the gut line and preferably so that the swivel is hidden within the body of the
minnow. The arming is drawn into the body, the hooks i or the gimp connections
thereof passing into the slots d and the shanks of the double hook in the slots e. The
spring inherent in said double hook will enable it to be drawn well into the body of
the minnow until the prongs of the hook lie in the slots e, the arming being held in
place thereby.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
1. An anglers minnow having a solid body with a passage the same and slots in
said body in combination with an arming having books adapted to project from said
slots.

page_text: 2. An anglers minnow having a solid body with inclined fins thereon, a passage
through said body and short slots extending from the tail end, with an arming having
a double spring hook adapted to lie in said slots.
3. A body of an anglers minnow, constructed of solid white metal and chased
with a passage through the same and slots in the wall for reception of a removable
arming.