Improvements in Fishing Baits.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 27th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 5th Jan., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fishing Baits.
CHARLES TERRY Peakman Street Redditch Fishing Tackle Manufacturer.
I do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:—
See accompanying drawings
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Fig. 1. "A" a piece of tapered metal either round or of any other suitable
form-coiled, similar to that of an ordinary cork screw, and of any required
length. The thick end of which is divided to form head & mouth as
"B" or
any suitably shaped head can be fixed thereto; and fins E¹ and E' attached as
most suitable for the purpose.
At the thin end a tail "C" is attached, also hooks to wire, gimp or gut.
Flying hooks as D1 and D' are also attached to head of bait. Swivel "F" with
trace is connected with head of bait by means of a "loop" or "ring" fixed in the
mouth. The flying hooks, and hooks at tail can be attached to and kept in any
required position by any method most suitable for the purpose.
The bait can be made in any size and of any suitable material, with or without
fins as shown by Fig. 2. also with or without tail as required.
Dated this 26th day of February 1894.
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CHARLES TERRY.
Improvements in Fishing Baits.
CHARLES TERRY Peakman Street Redditch Fishing Tackle Manufacturer.
I, CHARLES TERRY 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 :-
(See drawings left with Provisional Specification and herein referred to.)
My improvements in fishing baits consist of a new device for "spinning baits”
and are illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2 in the drawings.
I take a piece of metal or wire as "A" Fig. I round or otherwise, of sufficient
length for the purpose required and tapered or reduced towards one end. The
thick end is divided and opened to admit of a metal ring or loop being inserted,
together with suitably shaped fins (E¹ and E³) being fixed as shown at B, thus forming
a very conveniently constructed head for bait.
(Any suitably shaped head can be attached to A. in place of the one herein
described, if required.)
The piece of tapered metal or wire A. is coiled or conically shaped, (similarly to
that of an ordinary cork screw or spiral thread) and at the thin end is fixed a
tail as indicated by "C." Fig. 1. Hooks, previously mounted or attached to wire,
gimp or gut as D1 and D, are now conveniently attached to the head B. and
other similar hooks with the wire, gimp or gut passed through the coils formed by
the conical form or shape of the metal A, are also fixed to B. By this method
these hooks are always held in the one position. Attached to the loop or ring in the
mouth is a metal swivel.

page_text: By these simple and effective improvements in the construction of fishing baits a
perfectly reliable spinning bait is obtained.
The bait can be made in any suitable material and in any size, with or without
fins and tail as shown by Fig. 2. which represents the bait in the form commonly
known as a
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66 worm size.
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 :
I. A new device consisting of tapered metal or wire conically shaped with or
without fins or tail piece & with swivel attached for spinning purposes together
with hooks as required.
II. The combination as herein described constituting an improved spinning bait
for fishing purposes which can also be made in any suitable material, size and shape
upon this principle.
Dated this 26th der of November 1804