Improvements in or in connection with Artificial Flies for Fishing.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Mar., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 24th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 29th Dec., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or in connection with Artificial Flies for Fishing.
We, WILLIAM HARDY and JOHN JAMES HARDY, of Alnwick, in the County
of Northumberland, trading as Hardy Brothers, Fishing Rod Manufacturers, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved artificial fly or lure for use by anglers in
the capture of fish; the object of our invention being to impart "life," or a life-
like appearance, to the fly or lure by providing it with a rotary device resembling
a screw-propeller, the latter, owing to the resistance of the water, rotating, whilst
the fly does not rotate.
In carrying out our invention, we take a spinner comprising an eye-ended shank
furnished with a revolving boss from which two or more blades, resembling the
blades of a screw-propeller, project; the boss and blades, which should be silver-
plated or of glittering metal, spinning while the fly or lure is being drawn through
the water or held against the current of a flowing stream. The hook or hooks is
or are attached to the shank of the spinner by soldering, binding or other means.
The feathers or other materials composing the herl, hackles and other parts of the
artificial fly are then secured to the hook or hooks in the usual manner. The
casting line or stretcher is attached to the eye at the end of the shank.
An artificial fly of this kind, having a rotating head and a body which does not
rotate, presents an exceptionally life-like appearance in the water and is remarkably
effective.
Although we prefer to connect the parts of the lure in the manner above
described, it will be obvious that, as regards the details of construction, many
variations may be made. For instance, the revolving boss and blades may be
mounted directly on the shank of the hook.
Dated the 3rd day of March 1894.
G. G. M. HARDINGHAM,
191, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Chartered Patent Agent.
Improvements in or in connection with Artificial Flies for Fishing.
We, WILLIAM HARDY and JOHN JAMES HARDY, of Alnwick, in the County
of Northumberland, trading as Hardy Brothers, Fishing Rod 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 an improved artificial fly or lure for use by anglers in
the capture of fish; the object of our invention being to impart "life," or a life-
like appearance, to the fly or lure by providing it with a rotary device resembling

page_text: screw-propeller, the latter, owing to the resistance of the water, rotating, whilst
he fly itself does not rotate.
A combined artificial fly and spinner constructed according to our invention is
illustrated in side elevation in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings. Fig. 2 is a
side view and Fig. 3 an underneath view of the metal work, the body herl and
hackles being omitted. In Fig. 4 is indicated a slightly modified mode of
manufacture. Fig. 5 illustrates the application of our invention to a tassel-shaped
type of spinner; Fig. 6 representing the same device prior to dressing.
In carrying out our invention, we take a spinner comprising an eye-ended
shank a furnished with a revolving boss b from which two or more blades c c,
resembling the blades of a screw-propeller, project; the boss and blades, which
should be silver-plated or of glittering metal, spinning while the fly or lure is
being drawn through the water or held against the current of a flowing stream.
The hook or hooks d d is or are attached to the shank a of the spinner by soldering,
binding or other means. The feathers or other materials composing the body,
herl and hackles are then secured to the hook or hooks in the usual manner. The
casting line or stretcher is attached to the eye at the end of the shank a.
An artificial fly of this kind having a rotating head and a body which does
not rotate, presents an exceptionally life-like appearance in the water and is
remarkably effective.
Although we prefer to connect the parts of the lure in the manner above
described, it will be obvious that, as regards the details of construction, sundry
variations may be made. For instance, the hook or hooks may be made integral
with the shank and have the revolving boss and blades mounted thereon, as
illustrated in Fig. 4.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we would remark that
we are aware artificial flies have been furnished with spinning devices which cause
the entire lure to rotate, the same being attached to the casting line by means of
a swivel, but such a lure presents an essentially different appearance in the water
as compared with a spinner in conjunction with a fly which works in the ordinary
manner and does not rotate, and we accordingly claim :-
1. The improved lure for fishing, arranged substantially as herein described and
consisting of an artificial fly or similar body carrying at its head a spinner designed
to rotate without imparting rotative motion to the fly-like body.
2. In lures for fishing, the combination of a spinner which rotates with an
artificial fly or similar body which does not rotate, substantially as and for the
purpose herein set forth.
Dated the 16th day of November 1901