Patent ID: 7861455

Claim:
An artificial bait comprising (a) a lure body; (b) a shaft partially enclosed in said lure body, comprising a first end extending backward from a lure body trailing end and a second end embedded within said lure body; (c) a radial bearing on said shaft, behind said lure body, wherein the radial bearing is mounted on the shaft to rotate about the shaft, the radial bearing consisting of a thin walled metal tube with a first outwardly tapered end proximate to the lure body and a second outwardly tapered end away from the lure body, said second outwardly tapered end extending radially outward from said radial bearing and tapering in a direction from said first outwardly tapered end toward said first end of said shaft; and (d) a flexible appendage interchangeably mounted on said radial bearing, wherein said flexible appendage is molded of elastic material, is configured to stretch to fit over the second outwardly tapered end of said radial bearing and is configured to exert pressure on said radial bearing and further wherein said flexible appendage is able to be repeatedly pushes over and respectively pulled off said radial bearing over the second outwardly tapered end.