A New Form of Artificial Fly or Insect for Angling Purposes.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New Form of Artificial Fly or Insect for Angling Purposes.
I, JOHN BAKER of Eskdale House, Grosmont, in the County of York, Gentleman
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The artificial or imitation fly or insect is not dressed or made upon or bound to the
hook but is made separately and there is a small loop or opening on the back or upper
side thereof through which loop or opening when the fly or insect is required for use
the hook is inserted transversely beyond the barb so that the fly or insect hanga
suspended on the bend of the hook on which it is moveable so as to slip backward out
of the way of the barb when a fish is hooked.
Dated this Tonth day of Tul 1907
A New Form of Artificial Fly or Insect for Angling Purposes.
I, JOHN BAKER, of Eskdale House, Grosmont, in the County of York, Gentleman, 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 improvements in artificial flies or insects for use in
angling, the object of the invention being to provide a fly or insect which shall serve
as an efficient substitute for natural flies or insects.
According to my invention instead of permanently binding or securing the fly or
insect to the hook I make it separately therefrom and to enable it to be easily and
expeditiously attached to the hook when required for use I form the said fly or insect
with a hole, loop or opening in the body portion through which the hook can be
passed beyond the barb so that the fly or insect hangs suspended on the bend of the
hook upon which it is movable thereby allowing it to slip backward out of the way of
the barb when a fish is hooked.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe it by reference to
the accompanying drawing, in which :-
Figure 1 is a view of a fly made according to my invention and shewn attached to
a hook:
Figure 2 is a sectional elevation thereof:
Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 of an insect:
Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 1 of a double-hooked winged fly; and,
Figure 5 is a view to illustrate the manner in which the fly is secured to the double

page_text: The above figures are drawn to an exaggerated scale to better indicate the structure
of the flies and of the insect.
a is the body of the fly or insect and b the hole made transversely, therethrough and
nearer the upper than the underside thereof. In Figure 2 the hole or loop is shewn
made by raising one of the strands of gut forming the body of the fly although it may
be made in any other suitable manner. c is the hook which, as clearly shewn in
Figures 1, 2 and 3, is passed through the hole b in the fly or insect past the barb so
that the said fly or insect is secured upon the hook c but can slide thereon as above
stated out of the way of the barb when a fish is hooked.
In the double-hooked fly illustrated in Figure 4 the fly is placed between the bends
of the hook c, c and is secured to the said hook by the gut d which is passed through
the transverse hole 6 in the fly, drawn back and bound to the shank e of the hook.
This method of securing the fly to the hook is illustrated in Figure 5.
The hooks when secured to flies and insects by means of holes, loops or the like in
the manner above described are invisible from below the flies or insects which is of
considerable importance in practice.
Flies and insects made according to my invention are chiefly adapted for use in
daping or dibbing and blow-line fishing and they are a deadly lure for trout as
well as for chub and other fly-taking fish.
.
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. In artificial flies and insects for angling purposes providing the body of the fly
or insect with a hole, loop or opening through which the fish hook can be passed when
the fly or insect is required for use, substantially as, and for the purpose, described
and as illustrated.
2. The mannfucture and use of the improved flies and insects herein before described
and illustrated respectively in Figures 1 and 2; 3; and 4 and 5 of the accompanying
drawing.
Thated this 11th day of a
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.