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Fishing lures have been provided generally in the shape of spoons and minnows having a line attachment means on one end and hook attachment means on the other, often in the form of embedded or otherwise rigidly attached eyelets. The bodies of such lures have been painted or otherwise coated with reflective material applied as by dipping. Such lures have been bent or weighted so as to provide a variety of movements or actions as, for example, simulating an injured minnow so as to attract fish.
The use of reflective paint or material on lures is illustrated in U.S. Pat. Nos. 284,056 and 564,839. A lure having a bright color is illustrated in U.S. Pat. No. 1,805,416. The fishhook of U.S. Pat. No. 1,390,767 has a body of pliable lead while the sinker of U.S. Pat. No. 2,591,294 has a spoon shape with attachment means on one end. A sinker having a particulate puttylike mass of sinker composition or heavy material is attachable to a fishing line assembly.
It is an important object of this invention to provide a lure which is constructed of heavy moldable lead like material which may be bent by the fisherman as desired to vary the action of the lure while casting is facilitated avoiding the addition of at least part of additional sinker material as may otherwise have been necessary to cause the lure to sink and act as desired for a lure of given shape and appearance.
It is also an important object of the invention to provide a line to which a reflective tape which may have an iridescent appearance has been adhesively applied.
Another important object of the invention is the provision of a lure having a body which may be molded of lead like material to which eyelets may be attached during molding and which may be coated with a water resistant bendable material and to which reflective material may be applied in the material or otherwise as by a reflective adhesive tape.