Patent ID: 8572888

Claim:
A fish hook with a bait saving wire strand, said fish hook having an eyelet, a shank, a bend and a sharp tip, said shank extending from the eyelet to the bend, and said bend leading to the sharp tip, and said eyelet having a first side and an opposite second side with an opening therebetween, and said bait saving wire strand comprising a single strand of wire including: a pair of hook-shaped attachment portions, each attachment portion being configured to engage the eyelet of the fish hook and extend along at least a portion of the shank of the hook; a pair of diverging legs, each diverging leg extending from one of the pair of hook-shaped attachment portions; a pair of bends, each bend extending from one of the pair of diverging legs; a tip engagement portion joining the pair of bends; and said bait saving wire being flexible, and said tip engagement portion of said bait saving wire strand being positionable by urging the tip engagement portion against the tip of the hook between the tip of the hook and the shank of the hook, and said tip engagement portion being releasable to a position adjacent the tip but not between the tip of the hook and the shank of the hook, and said pair of hook-shaped attachment portions comprising a pair of free ends, a pair of eyelet bends, and a pair of shank portions, each of the pair of free ends extending to one of the pair of eyelet bends at the first side of the eyelet of the hook, each of the pair of shank portions extending to one of the pair of eyelet bends at the second side of the eyelet of the hook, each of the pair of eyelet bends joining one of the pair of free ends to one of the pair of shank portions, and each of the pair of eyelet bends providing approximately a 180° bend, each of the pair of eyelet bends passing through the eyelet of the hook and engaging a portion of the eyelet of the hook, and each of the pair of shank portions being substantially parallel to the shank of the hook, and each of the pair of free ends being substantially parallel to the shank of the hook and to the pair of shank portions, and each of the pair of shank portions extending to one of the pair of diverging legs, said pair of shank portions joining the pair of diverging legs to the pair of eyelet bends, and a collar clamping four segments of the wire strand to the shank of the fish hook, the four segments including a first segment of each of the pair of shank portions of the wire strand, and a second segment of each of the pair of free ends of the wire strand, said collar being adjacent to the eyelet.