Patent ID: 7469497

Claim:
A fishing lure assembly, comprising: a first hook device having a first shank and multiple hooks with points attached to the first shank; a second hook device having a second shank and multiple hooks with points attached to the second shank, said second hook device being attached to the first hook device so as to follow behind the first hook device and articulate relative thereto; a pliable artificial dressing connected between the hooks of the first hook device and the hooks of the second hook device so as to cover the points of the hooks and resist snags, said pliable dressing comprises an integral head portion with a plurality of long narrow bodies protruding from said head portion; an attachment point with a sharpened leading edge protruding at a leading end of the lure assembly for attaching the head portion of the pliable dressing; said long narrow bodies of the pliable dressing each extending from the head portion to a point of a respective one of the hooks of the first hook device and then to a point of a respective one of the hooks of the second hook device with each of the points of the hooks being covered by one of the long narrow bodies so that the pliable dressing spans across respective gaps between the first shank and the points of the hooks of the first and second hook devices to resist snags; and a cone-shaped member separate from said pliable dressing, said cone-shaped member having a central opening, a leading apex and a plurality of flexible members trailing the leading apex and extending generally along an outer surface of the cone shape, said cone-shaped member being adapted to be placed over a leader or line at the leading end of the lure assembly to resist snags.