Patent ID: 7234267

Claim:
A fish lure comprising: a rigid head having a front end and a back end and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween, said front end being generally pointed, said rigid head comprising first and second sections, said first section extending from the front end to an intermediate location between the front and back ends, said first section having an outer surface that smoothly continuously tapers concavely and concentrically relative to the longitudinal axis of the rigid head from the intermediate location to the front end, said second section being cylindrical and extending from the intermediate location to the back end, said rigid head having a bore parallel to the longitudinal axis therein with a first end at the front end and a second end at another location between the front end and the intermediate location, said rigid head also having a cavity parallel to the longitudinal axis therein with a first end at the another location between the front end and the intermediate location and a second end at the back end, the cavity being frustoconical between the another location and the intermediate location and being cylindrical between the intermediate location and the second end thereof, the cavity having a larger diameter than the bore, the cavity and the bore communicating with each other at the second end of the bore and the first end of the cavity, the head adapted to accommodate a fishing line or a leader through a center of both the bore and the cavity; an offset hook having an eye, a shank portion and a barb portion, said shank portion including a first portion attached to the eye, a second portion attached to the barb portion, the first and second portions being parallel to each other, a third portion with a first end attached to the first portion and a second end attached to the second portion, the third portion both extending between and being perpendicular to the first and second portions, said shank portion fits within the cavity of said rigid head; and a fish attractant attached to said hook, a front end of the fish attractant being capable of fitting in the cavity of said head at one end of said fish attractant and at least partially covering the barb portion of the offset hook at another end of said fish attractant.