Patent ID: 6895711

Claim:
A method of forming a fishing lure combination comprising: (a) a fishing hook comprising (i) a first section having a barbed point continuing to a first hook shaft; (ii) a second section having a curved hook shaft extending from the first hook shaft; and (iii) a third section having a fishing line connection at the end of a third hook shaft extending from the curved second hook shaft, (b) connecting a fishing line to the fishing line connection, where the fishing line extends to a fishing reel and the fishing hook is adapted to be drawn through a body of water by the fishing line so that the barbed point is pointed substantially in the direction of the fishing line near the fishing line connection; (c) one or more stay pieces consisting of elastomer or polymer substantially firmer than of a soft bait and formed into a frustro conical solid body with a central axis, a small, threadable end and a larger abutting end (d) inserting the barbed point into the abutting end along the central axis of a first stay piece and threading the first stay piece from the first hook shaft to the second hook shaft, where the first stay piece is substantially secured in place in the second section by compression of the second hook shaft; (e) the soft bait having a head section, a mid section and a tail section, the soft bait comprising substantially elastomer or pliable polymer substantially softer than the stay pieces, applying the soft bait to the hook comprising: (i) piercing the head section with the barbed point and threading the soft bait onto the hook so that the barbed point emerges before reaching the mid section; (ii) threading the pierced head section along the first and second sections to encounter the threadable end of the first stay piece; and (iii) pushing the head section against the threadable end until the soft bait is pierced by and passes free the first stay piece to be located at the third section; and (f) moving the first stay piece adjacent to an outside surface of the head section so that the abutting end prevents the head section from moving toward the second section.