Manufa
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Jan.. 1888
Complete Left; 4th June, 1888
Complete Accepted, 6th July, 1888
We, WILLIAM HARDY and JOHN JAMES HARDY, of Alnwick, in the County of
Northumberland, Fishing Tackle Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-—
This invention relates to what are known as 'spinning' and 'dead-gorge' or
trolling fishing tackles, and has for its primary object the production of a tackle
capable of being employed in either of the modes in which such tackles respectively
are commonly used; a portion of the said tackle being further adapted for use as a
live-bait' or 'snap' tackle, whilst other detachable portions may be utilised for other
purposes.
Our improved tackle adapted for optional use either for 'spinning' or 'trolling'
consists of a needle formed with an eye at one extremity and screwed as to its other
extremity in an elongated weight of lead or other metal, such as spinning traces are
commonly fitted with. To the extremity of the lead weight, opposite to that whence
the needle projects, is attached, by means of a spring or other loop, a piece of gimp
(or gut, as the case may be) carrying two sets of three hooks arranged back to back
and commonly known as 'triangles, the gimp (or gut) extending for a few inches
beyond the second of the two triangles.
In rigging the above-described tackle for spinning, the needle is inserted close to
the tail of the bait, preferably towards one side, and is pushed, together with the
elongated lead weight, into and through the body of the bait until the eyed extremity
of the needle protrudes from the mouth thereof and the loop at the opposite end of the
weight arrives against the body of the bait. This loop passes across close above the
tail of the bait, the gimp carrying the triangles being arranged along the opposite
side of the bait to that at which the needle was entered. Sufficient tension is applied
to the gimp to impart a lateral set to the tail of the bait, one of the hooks of the second
triangle is entered in the side of the bait, and the free end of the gimp is finally
threaded through the exposed eye of the needle. The portion of the gimp extending
from the second triangle to the mouth of the bait may, with the aid of a 'baiting
needle,' be threaded through the side of the bait, if preferred; and the gimp may be
looped over the needle before being passed through the eye thereof with a view to
securing the parts in their proper relative positions. A 'lip-hook,' arranged to slide
upon the gimp, may be added if deemed needful.
One advantage of screwing the needle into the lead or other weight is that ready
means are thereby afforded for varying the length of the combined instrument and
adapting the tackle to different sized baits. Instead of screwing, the weight may be
made to slide tightly upon the needle.
We sometimes arrange the weight to slide loosely upon the needle, the latter being
provided with an eye at each end, one of the eyes receiving the spring or other loop
connecting the gimp. Where the weight is arranged to slide freely, as last described,
the same is removed previously to the needle being passed longitudinally through the

page_text: bait the weight being subsequently applied to the needle by way of the mouth of the
bait. Risk of damaging the bait by introducing the weight through the flesh is thus
avoided.
In rigging our improved tackle for 'dead-gorge' fishing or 'trolling,' the eyed
extremity of the weighted needle is inserted in the mouth of the bait, is passed
longitudinally through the same and caused to emerge at the tail thereof. The loop
and triangle-furnished gimp extend from the mouth along the side of the bait; the
free end of the gimp taking a half hitch about the tail of the bait and being then
passed through the eye of the needle. If preferred, the needle may be removed and a
gimp, passing through or around the lead, substituted therefor.
In adapting our improved tackle for use in 'live-bait' or 'snap' fishing, the
triangle-furnished gimp is separated from the weighted needle, the spring loop
provided between these parts enabling this alteration to be readily accomplished.
The triangle-furnished gimp is then baited as a snap-tackle in the usual manner and
attached to a weighted trace. If desired, the leaded needle removed from the complete
tackle may be utilised in such trace; the gimp or other line, after passing through the
eye at one extremity, taking several turns round the lead and needle before passing
through the eye at the opposite extremity of the needle. Or, the lead may be
employed without the needle and fastened upon the trace in the required position by
known methods or in the manner above described, a transverse perforation being in
the latter case provided near the extremity of the lead whence the needle is removed,
such perforation being used instead of the needle eye.
The simple triangle-furnished gimp above referred to in connection with live-bait
fishing may also be employed as a spinning flight in conjunction with a weighted trace.
From the foregoing description, it will be perceived that our improved tackle as a
whole is adapted for use both for spinning with the weight placed inside the bait, and
for 'dead-gorge' fishing; whilst portions thereof are capable of being employed as
snap tackle, or for spinning with the weight placed on the trace, as a weight for
application to a spinning trace, and as a baiting needle.
According to an alternative method of mounting a spinning bait upon tackle of the
kind first above described, instead of using a straight needle and giving a lateral set
to the tail by means of the gimp and triangles, we produce such lateral set
by means of a bent needle. The needle, if made of suitable substance and material,
may be bent after having been inserted in the bait; but we prefer to employ a needle
previously bent in the required manner. The weight, if placed within the bait, may
be tubular and may be slipped upon the needle through the mouth of the bait, as
before described; or, it may be placed upon the trace. In a tackle of this modified
character and intended exclusively for spinning, the spring or other loop between the
after extremity of the needle and the gimp may be dispensed with, and the first or
tail-triangle may be attached direct to the curved extremity of the needle, the second
triangle being arranged about the centre of the bait and one of the hooks entered
therein.
The spinning tackle last described may be further modified in such a manner that,
when baited, the triangle-furnished gimp, extending from the eyed and leading end of
the needle to the curved and after end thereof, may be dispensed with. Under such
circumstances, the tackle consists of a needle curved towards one end and furnished at
its extremity with a loose triangle. The opposite or leading end of the needle is
formed with an eye to which the trace is attached; one or more triangles being
connected at the same point. The lead weight is slipped upon the needle through the
mouth of the bait, or may be placed upon the trace. When the addition of a lip-hook
is deemed expedient, we place it upon the gimp whereby the flying triangle before
referred to, or one of them, is connected to the spring-loop of the trace. To adapt the
tackle for baits of different sizes, needles of various lengths are employed.
101
1000
G. G. M. HARDINGHAM,
191, Fleet Street, London, E.Ú.
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fishing Tackle for
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Spinning"
" and other Uses.
We, WILLIAM HARDY and JOHN JAMES HARDY, of Alnwick, in the County of
Northumberland, Fishing Tackle Manufacturers, 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 relates to what are known as 'spinning' and 'dead-gorge' or
'trolling' fishing tackles, and has for its primary object the production of a tackle
capable of being employed in either of the modes in which such tackles respectively
are commonly used; a portion of the said tackle being further adapted for use as a
live-bait' or 'snap' tackle, whilst other detachable portions may be utilised for other
purposes.
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In order that our said invention may be readily understood, we will proceed to
describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, whereof Fig. 1
represents, partly in longitudinal section, tackle constructed according to
purposes of
improved method; Fig. 2 shewing the same tackle when applied for the
spinning' bait. The application of the same tackle for trolling' or 'dead-gorge'
fishing is shewn in Fig. 3. In Fig. 4, is represented a portion of the same tackle as
applied for live-bait' or 'snap' fishing; the weight and needle shewn in Fig. 1
having been detached and rendered available for affixing to the trace. In Fig. 5
is illustrated a modification exclusively applicable for use as a spinning tackle; a bent
needle being employed for imparting to the tail of the bait the requisite lateral set.
Fig. 6 represents the same tackle when baited. Figs. 7 and 8 shew a further
modification of spinning tackle in which the main gimp (or gut, as the case may be)
does not extend beyond the eye at the leading end of the needle.
Our improved tackle adapted for optional use either for 'spinning' or 'trolling'
consists of a needle a formed with an eye a¹ at one extremity and screwed as to its
other extremity in an elongated weight b of lead or other metal such as spinning
traces are commonly fitted with. To the extremity of the weight b, opposite to that
whence the needle a projects, is attached, by means of a spring or other loop e, a piece
of gimp (or gut, as the case may be) carrying two sets d¹ d2 of three books
arranged back to back and commonly known as 'triangles,' the gimp (or gut)
extending for a few inches beyond the second of the two triangles.
In rigging the above-described tackle for spinning, as in Fig. 2, the needle is
inserted at a point close to the tail of the bait, preferably towards one side, and is
pushed, together with the elongated weight, longitudinally into and through the bait
until the eyed extremity of the needle protrudes from the mouth and the loop at the
opposite end of the weight arrives against the body of the bait. This loop passes across
the bait close above the tail of the same, the gimp carrying the triangles being
arranged along the opposite side of the bait to that at which the needle was entered.
Sufficient tension is applied to the gimp to impart a lateral set to tlie tail of the bait,

page_text: one of the hooks of the second triangle is entered in the side of the bait, and the free
end of the gimp is finally threaded through the exposed eye of the needle. The
portion of the gimp extending from the second triangle to the mouth of the bait may,
with the aid of a 'baiting needle,' be threaded through the side of the bait, if
preferred; and the gimp may be looped over the needle before being passed through
the eye thereof, with a view to securing the parts in their proper relative positions.
A lip-hook,' arranged to slide upon the gimp may be added if deemed needful.
One advantage of screwing the needle into the lead or other weight is that ready
means are thereby afforded for varying the length of the combined instrument and
adapting the tackle to different-sized baits. Instead of screwing, the weight may be
made to slide tightly, upon the needle.
We sometimes arrange the weight to slide loosely upon the needle, in which case
the latter is provided with an eye at each end, one of the eyes receiving the spring or
other loop connecting the gimp. Where the weight is arranged to slide freely, as last
described, it is removed previously to the needle being passed longitudinally through
the bait; the weight being subsequently applied to the needle by way of the mouth of
the bait. Risk of damaging the bait by introducing the weight through the flesh is
thus avoided.
In rigging our improved tackle for 'dead-gorge "fishing or 'trolling,' as in Fig. 3,
the eyed extremity of the weighted needle is inserted in the mouth of the bait and is
passed longitudinally through the same until the eyed point of the needle emerges at
the tail of the bait. The loop and triangle-furnished gimp extend from the mouth
along the side of the bait; the free end of the gimp taking a 'half hitch' about the
tail of the bait and being then passed through the eye of the needle. If preferred, the
needle may be removed and a gimp, passing through, along or around the weight,
substituted therefor.
In adapting our improved tackle for use in 'live-bait' or 'snap' fishing, as in Fig. 4,
the triangle-furnished gimp is separated from the weighted needle, the spring-loop
provided between these parts enabling this alteration to be readily accomplished. The
triangle-furnished gimp is then baited as a snap-tackle in the usual manner and
attached to a weighted trace. If desired, the leaded needle removed from the
complete tackle may be utilised in such trace; the gimp or other line, after passing
through the eye at one extremity, taking several turns round the lead and needle
before passing through the eye at the opposite extremity of the needle. Or, the lead
may be employed without the needle and fastened upon the trace in the required
position by known methods or in the manner above described, a transverse perforation
being in the latter case provided near the extremity of the lead whence the needle is
removed, such perforation being used instead of the needle-eye.
The simple triangle-furnished gimp above referred to in connection with live-bait
fishing may also be employed as a spinning flight in conjunction with a weighted
trace.
From the foregoing description, it will be perceived that our improved tackle as a
whole is adapted for use both for spinning with the weight placed inside the bait, and
for 'dead-gorge'fishing; whilst portions thereof are respectively capable of being
employed as snap tackle, or for spinning with the weight placed on the trace, as a
weight for application to a spinning trace, and as a baiting needle.
According to an alternative method of mounting a spinning bait upon tackle of the
kind first above described, instead of using a straight needle and giving a lateral set
to the tail by means of the gimp and triangles, we produce such lateral set by means
of a bent needle such as a², Figs. 5 and 6. The needle, if made of suitable substance
and material, may be bent after having been inserted in the bait; but we prefer to
employ a needle previously bent in the required manner. The weight, if placed
within the bait, may be tubular and may be slipped upon the needle through the
mouth of the bait, as before described; or, it may be placed upon the trace. In a
tackle of this modified character and intended exclusively for spinning, the spring-loop c
is preferably dispensed with and the first or tail triangle d' attached directly to the
curved extremity of the needle, the second triangle d² being arranged about the centre

page_text: of the bait and one of the hooks entered therein. A third triangle ³, for use either as
a 'shoulder' triangle or as a 'flying' triangle, may be added, if deemed desirable, and
may be secured to the gimp d by doubling the latter through the needle-eye, as
illustrated in Fig. 5, or in any other convenient manner.
The spinning tackle last described may be further modified in such a way as to
enable the triangle-furnished gimp, extending from the eyed and leading end of the
needle to the curved and after end thereof, to be dispensed with. Under such
circumstances, the tackle consists of the needle a² (Figs. 7 and 8) curved towards one
end and furnished at that extremity with the loose triangle d. The opposite or
leading end of the needle is formed with an eye to which the trace is attached, either
by means of the spring-loop c¹ or otherwise; one or more triangles, such as d³ being
connected at the same point. The lead weight is either slipped upon the needle
through the mouth of the bait or it may be placed upon the trace. When the addition
of a lip-hook is deemed expedient, we place it immediately behind the loop of the
gimp whereby the shoulder or flying triangle d³ is connected to the spring-loop c¹.
To adapt the tackle for baits of different sizes, needles of various lengths are employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, we claim :-
1. The improved tackle constructed substantially as herein described with reference
to Figs. 1 to 4 of the accompanying drawings and adapted for spinning, trolling and
live-bait fishing.
2. The improved tackle, adapted either for spinning or trolling, and consisting of a
length of gimp (or gut) furnished with triangles and attached to one extremity of a
weighted needle, the opposite or pointed extremity of the latter being formed with an
eye through which the free end of the gimp is passed after baiting the tackle.
3. The modified construction of spinning tackle substantially as described with
reference to Figs. 5 and 6, and embracing a curved needle adapted to impart the
requisite lateral set to the tail of the bait.
4. The modified construction of spinning tacklo, substantially as described with
reference to Figs. 7 and 8, embracing a curved needle adapted to impart the requisite
lateral set to the tail of the bait and serving to transmit the tensile strain between the
trace and the tail triangle.
Dated thin 95th day of Mo 1882