Patent ID: 7866084

Claim:
A fishing jig with an easy tie eye, said jig comprising: a main body having a vertical axis and an outer surface; a hook projecting from said main body generally perpendicularly to said vertical axis of said main body, said hook being constructed of wire having a diameter, said hook having a barbed end that is distal to said main body, said hook having an intermediate portion that forms a generally L-shaped right angle inside said main body, said generally L-shaped right angle comprising a horizontal part and a vertical part that projects upwardly from said horizontal part; an oversized eye formed at another end of said hook opposing said barbed end, said another end of said hook being said vertical part of said generally L-shaped right angle, said eye having a generally circular shape, said generally circular shape being a closed circle having a top part and a bottom part, said eye having an inside diameter that is at least two hundred percent of said diameter of said wire used to construct said hook, said eye being partially recessed into said main body to form a partially recessed portion of said eye, said partially recessed portion being said bottom part of said eye, wherein a majority of said inside diameter of said eye extends above an uppermost portion of said outer surface of said main body; and a funnel formed into said main body, said funnel having a contour that is a concave depression surrounding said partially recessed portion of said eye and tapering toward said eye from opposing sides of said eye, said funnel serving as a lead-in area to guide fishing line into said eye following said contour of said funnel.