Patent ID: 8793924

Claim:
A fishing lure comprising: a body resembling a shape of a crawfish, the crawfish-shaped body comprising a plurality of interconnected body portions, a trailing subset of the body portions comprising a tail portion of the body, the crawfish-shaped body having a top side and an under side; a flexible material interconnected between the body portions of the tail portion to facilitate relative movement between the body portions of the tail portion, the relative movement resembling a downward action of the tail of a crawfish; a resilient wire material tending to resist the downward action of the body portions of the tail portion; a connection point on a lower portion of the tail portion; a passage extending generally vertically through the crawfish-shaped body, from the top side to the under side, the passage disposed in a central portion of the craw-fish shaped body, and the passage receiving a fishing line; and at least one hook attached to a forward portion of the crawfish-shaped body, the hook extending above an upper surface on the top side of the craw-fish shaped body; wherein the passage and the connection point being relatively positioned and arranged such that an upward movement of the fishing line passing through the generally vertical passage and connected to the connection point causes the relative movement of the body portions of the tail portion in the downward action, and wherein the wire material operates to return the body portions of the tail portion to an original position of the body portions of the tail portion prior to the upward movement, wherein the passage and the connection point are constructed and arranged such that the upward movement of the fishing line through the generally vertical passage and resulting action of the tail portion tends to move the lure in an upward and a rearward direction when the lure is submerged in water, wherein each of the body portions forming the tail portion includes a top body portion and a bottom body portion, and wherein the top body portion and the bottom body portion of each of the body portions forming the tail portion are disposed on opposing sides of the flexible material such that the flexible material and the resilient wire material extend between the top body portion and the bottom body portion.