Patent ID: 7726062

Claim:
A fishing lure comprising: (a) a body having a forward portion, a rearward portion, and a longitudinal axis, the forward portion defining a width; (b) a wire loop fixed within and extending from the forward portion of the body; (c) a hook attached to and extending rearwardly from the body along the longitudinal axis of the body, the hook having a hook end spaced apart from the rearward portion of the body; and (d) a blade member, the blade member (i) having a first edge located proximate to the wire loop and (ii) defining therethrough a mounting hole in proximity to the first edge, through which mounting hole a portion of the wire loop is positioned; and (iii) further defining therethrough a pair of line attachment holes, to which pair of line attachment holes a fishing line is attached; whereby, as the lure is pulled through the water, a majority of the blade member is oriented above the body and the blade member moves in a side-to-side motion relative to the body, the side-to-side motion being defined either by the first edge of the blade member striking a first side of the body and striking a second side of the body opposite the first side or by the first edge of the blade member striking another portion of the wire loon that is opposite the portion of the wire loop positioned through the mounting hole.