Patent ID: 7322150

Claim:
A fishing lure comprising: a hook having an eye at its front end and a curved bend at its rear end that terminates in a point, a hook shank extending from said eye to said curved bend, a plastic film enveloping a portion of said lure, a first strand encircling said plastic film at a first location, said first strand being tied into a first knot at said first location that compresses said plastic film against said hook shank at said first location, a second strand encircling said plastic film at a second location that is spaced from said first location, said second strand being tied into a second knot that compresses said plastic film at said second location, a weight affixed to said hook shank between said curved bend and said eye, a right angle bend in said hook shank adjacent the front end of said hook, said weight encompassing a part of said right angle bend, below said eye, said weight protruding ahead of said hook, said first strand compressing said plastic film against said hook shank behind said weight, there being a slit in said plastic film that divides said film into a pair of sections, said curved bend of said hook being located in said slit with one of said sections being on one side of said curved bend and the other section being located on the opposite side of said curved bend, said sections being sealed to each other beyond said rear end of said hook, and said second knot compressing and partially collapsing said pair of sealed sections of said plastic film beyond said curved bend past the rear end of said hook.