CA1127390A

CA1127390A - Worm-efficient fishing hook

Info

Publication number: CA1127390A
Application number: CA370,428A
Authority: CA
Inventors: Nunziato Gareffa
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1981-02-09
Filing date: 1981-02-09
Publication date: 1982-07-13

Abstract

ABSTRACT
In worm fishing, the way of baiting a conventional hook permits the worm to be somehow removed rather too frequently; consequently, there is the excessive need for the re-baiting with fresh new worms. This easiness of worm removal is due to the ineffective present hook designs because worm-efficiency and natural worm-appearance are not considered. In this invention, a portion of the shank between the eye at the free end and the barb at the other end, is bent through approximately an additional 360 degrees in any direction or profile. This results in a better baiting of the hook with the worm by making available a relatively much longer shank which would accept a much larger portion of the worm, or even the entire worm, around the hook. The overall distance between the eye and the barbed point is still maintained essentially the same for any given hook size.
Hook rigidity can still be satisfactorily retained by increasing the shank cross section if necessary.

Description

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SFECIFICATION

THIS INVENTION REL~TES TO A FISHING HOOK HA`JING A PORTION OF THE SHANK aErdEEN THE EYE
AND THE BARBED POINT 3ENT APPROXIMATELY AN ADDlrlONAL THREE llUNDRED AND SIXTY DEGREES.
WITH EXlSTlNG HOOK DESIGNS A SIZE MISMATCH OCCURS BET~EEN THE LENGTH OF WOR~S, SUCH
AS THE FIRM RED WORM FOUND IN OR AROUND THE M~NURE PlLE, AND THE LENGTH OF THE SHANK AVAILABLE
FOR BAITING WITH SAID WORMS. THIS GENERAL SlZE MISMhTCH REQUIRES FREQUENT WORM ADDiTlON THUS
BOTH REDUCING THE TIME AVAILABLE FOR ACTUAL FISHING ANDjlNCREASlNG THE NUMBER OF WORMS REQUIRED.
THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED WITH CONVENTIONAL HOOK DESIGNS WHEN WORM-EFFICIENCY AND NATURAL WORM-APPEARANCE ARE IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS ARE: (A) THE ~JORM WILL SLIDE DOWN TOWARDS THE LOWER
CURVED SHANK PORTION OF THE HOOK AND LEAVE MOST OF THE STRAIGHT SHANK BARE ( THIS ALSO GIVES
RISE TO THE F~SH S SUSPICION ) F~RMITTING THE WORM TO BE SNAPPED OFF ON A SHARP MOVEMENT , (~) THE
ANATOMY OF THE WORM S SKIN WALL REQUIRES E~CESSIVE CARE IN BAITING IF THE WORM IS NOT ro 8E
SHEARED, AND (C) ~T ENABlES FISH TO NIBBLE AT THE TRAILING SECTION OF THE WORM, WHICH IS OE NERALLY
RELATIVELY FAR FROM THE BARBED POINT OF THE HOOK, AND PART WITH SAID WORM.
I HAVE FOUND THAT THE FREQUENT ADDITION OF FRESH NEW WORMS LOST BECAUSE OF EXISTING HOOK
PROFILES CAN BE REDUCED ENORMOUSLX~BY AN ADDITIONAL BENDING OF A PORTION OF THE SHANK. UNDER Tr71S
DESIGN, THE FISH HOOK COMPRISES, AT ONE ENn , A FIRST SHANK PORTION INCLUDING A LINE ATTACHING
MEANS AND AT THE OTHER END, A SECOND SHANK PORTION INCLUDING A BARBED POINT, A SUBSTANTIALLY
COMPLETE LOOP OF THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY DEGREES JOrNlNG SAID FIRST AND SECOND SHANK PORTIONS TO
M~INTAIN THEM IN SPACED PARALLEL PlANES, SAID LOOP aElNG HELICALLY OR SPIRALLY SHAPED TD ENA8LE
A WORM TO SLIDE PAST THE LOOPo THE DISTANCE BET~EEN THE STARTING AWD TERMINATING ENDS OF THE HOOK
WILL STILL REM~IN ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS iN CONVENTIONAL HOOKS FOR ANY GIVEN SI~E, THIS ADDITIONAL
LOOP CAN BE IN ANY DIRECTIONI BE OF SMOOTH OR IRREGULAR PROFILE, BE ON A SMOOTH OR IRREGULAR
PLANE, AND BE OF ANY SUITABLE SIZE. HOOK STRENGTH, STIFFNESS, AND RIGIDITY WILL STILL BE M~INT~7NED
THE SA~E AS THAT OF STANUARD HOOK DESIGNS BY INCREASIN~ THE SHANK CROSS~SECTION IF NECESSARY, E~t SO
BE~DING ANY PART OF THE SHANK APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY DE6REES IN ADDITION
TO ITS NORMAL CURVATURE, THE LENGTH OF THE SHANK WILL BE INCREASED SUFFICIENTLY TO APPROACH THAT
OF THE ~ORM. WITH THIS LONGER SHANK MOST OF THE ~ORM CAN BE THREADED TC THE HOOK RATHER THAN

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In drawings which illustrate embodiments of the invention,examples of hooks with said additional curvatures are shown.
FIGURE 1 is the front view and FIGURE 2 is the side view of the same hook. In this example, the hook illustrated has said additional curvature of approximately 360 degrees located at the ~ormally bent shank portion of a standard hook design.
FIGURE 3 is the front view and FIGURE 4 is the side C~ view of the same hook and îs illustrated as the second example.
In this particular illustration said additional curvature of approximately 360 degrees is located on the generally straight shank portion of a standard hook.
FIGURE 5 is the front view and FIGURE 6 is the side view of the same hook and is presented as the third example.
Said additional curvature in this case is located on the straight shank portion 7 it has an elliptical pro~ile almost perpendicular to the plane formed by the barbed point, the standard bent lower shank, and the eye at the free end.
~) FIGURE 7 is a pictorial side view illustration of a worm-baited hook having said curva-ture located on the straight portion of the shank but relatively close to the eye. The worm shown is of the same length as that of Figure 8 ; however, it is seen that removal by snapping off, tearing, or by nibbling at it is enormously more difficult.
FIGURE ~ is a pictorial side view illustration of a standard, conventional worm-baited hook. It is intended to emphasize the worm-baiting difference between existing designs and the improved hook version with said curvature.

Claims

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED
ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:

1. A FISH HOOK COMPRISING AT ONE END, A FIRST SHANK PORTION INCLUDING A LINE ATTACHING
MEANS AND AT THE OTHER END, A SECOND SHANK PORTION INCLUDING A BARBED POINT, A
SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE LOOP OF THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY DEGREES JOINING SAID FIRST
AND SECOND SHANK PORTIONS TO MAINTAIN THEM IN SPACED PARALLEL PLANES, SAID LOOP
BEING HELICALLY OR SPIRALLY SHAPED TO ENABLE A WORM TO SLIDE PAST THE LOOP.