FI127047B

FI127047B - Fishing traits and process for making them

Info

Publication number: FI127047B
Application number: FI20165398A
Authority: FI
Inventors: Kari Reis
Original assignee: Feistybite Oy
Priority date: 2016-05-10
Filing date: 2016-05-10
Publication date: 2017-10-13
Also published as: FI20165398A; WO2017194837A1

Description

A LURE AND A MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF

FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY

In a very general level the embodiments of the invention relate to fishing. More specifically the embodiments relate to fishing equipment by using a rod and a lure in casting or trolling type fishing. The invention relates even more specifically to fishing equipment according to the preamble part of independent claim directed to a lure. The invention also relates to manufacturing method of the lure.

BACKGROUND

Fishing has a diminishing importance in a role of earning the living to an individual. However, as a form of refreshment still many people like to get to the waters, on the shore or in boats, for rod-fishing, to be there just waiting with their rods, reels and lines a fish to strike.

As many of the recreational fisher know very well, it is a bit tricky to get fish, as the fish do not bite all the time or not even frequently to the bate. When fishes eat, they are not anymore much attracted by bates that appeal to the eating instinct when the fish are not any more hungry. However, many predator fishes have also such behavior that they have a territory or sort of, which they defend against foreign beings, mostly other fishes.

The fish attack by two main reasons: because they are hungry and/or under an aggression. From these the latter mentioned feature can be provoked even if the fish were not so hungry anymore, by using a lure that has a sufficiently irritating appearance, which is many times accomplished by colors and the figures of them. Provoking to strike, it is also advantageous, if the lure resembles a natural catch the fish eat, but as the fish are also curious, they appearance as whole it is not necessary to have exactly a fish-like appearance, but it is sufficient to provoke the aggression and/or curiosity to attract the fish and so to appeal to its instincts to bite.

Very often the fish does not strike for good, but just nibbles and snaps the lure. Despite of the hooks, they do not stick to the lips or mouth of the fish, but the fisher feels a pull in the rod as a response to a nibbling and starts to wonder what was the art or the size of the non-caught fish as it did not get hooked. This is problematic as the line and rod flex at a fish nibbling the lure, but there is no such sufficient suitable support to the fish body that would facilitate the hook penetration to the fish for a catch.

In casting from the shore and also in trolling the problem is the same. How to get the fish caught that already was interested enough to nibble, but did not bite properly the lure.

One simple solution has been such that the number of hooks has been increased. Quite often a lure has a triplet of hooks bound together to form an omni-directional hook assembly, so that the hooks have their tops apart from each other by 120 degrees, so increasing the catching probability to all directions around, especially as the hook assembly may be swirling around in a linking tab to the lure body, when the lure is swimming in the water.

The solution has been even further elaborated, especially for large lures, so that there are several, two or three such triplets for a single lure. Anyhow, as many fishers well know, especially if the fisher’s strike-back is made too late, conventional solution does not solve the hooking problem properly, and the nibbling but non-caught fish remains unknown in the waters.

Patent publications WO 2012101314, FI 45615C, US 4980987A, US 2700842A and US 2010293832A1 disclose a lure as such according to the pre-amble part of an independent claim directed to a lure.

SUMMARY

It is an object of the invention to solve or at least mitigate the known problems of the known techniques. This is achieved by the claimed embodiments of the invention. A lure according to an embodiment of the invention is characterized in that what has been said in the characterizing part of an independent claim directed to the lure.

Other embodiments of the invention are shown in the dependent claims. Claims are combinable in suitable part. A lure for fishing according to an embodiment is comprising: - at least one elongated body part, having at least one gliding track forming a gliding recess at an opening to form a gliding path to an active hook assembly comprising a first lever arm and a second lever arm said second lever arm being with a linear gliding counterpart surface , -a notch counterpart on said second lever arm , the notch counterpart being operable as a part of a trigger to hold and latch the combination of the lever arms to move the active hook assembly attached thereto, - spring connected between the second lever arm and the body part to be energized by gliding the combination of the lever arms from a released position to a triggered position, wherein - said second lever arm comprised gliding counterpart surfaces are arranged to glide in the gliding recess of said at least one body part, between a triggered position and released position, the activated position being maintained by the notch and its counterpart, so that the combination of the lever arms is ready to make the active hook assembly to make a counter strike when the notch and its counterpart release the combination of lever arms at a fish attack impact.

The lure according to an embodiment of the invention has such a second lever arm that is having a linear gliding counterpart surface to provide a glide in said gliding recess.

The lure according to an embodiment of the invention comprises at least one passive hook assembly.

The lure according to an embodiment of the invention comprises at least one of the following: - in the front of the body part as attached a swimming depth adjustment plate, - attachment link for the line, - a notch sensitivity screw to adjust the notch sensitivity, - a screw position to provide an optional screw to change and adjust the position of the center of mass of the lure, - a fluorescent painting figure on the body part, - a void compartment to provide buoyance, - a grass protection element comprising at least one hook assembly protective wire pair, -a propel or a square plate in front of the lure for making turbulence generated attractive noises and - an additional second part combined to a first front part of the lure to make the lure two parted lure.

The lure according to an embodiment of the invention has a second part that is having similar body parts to comprise same kind of active hook assembly with similar function as the first part, but arranged to operate to a counter direction.

The lure according to an embodiment of the invention comprises such a body part that comprises a quick lock to attach and/or remove a second part. A fishing method according to an embodiment of the invention comprises use of a lure that has an active state and passive state according to an embodiment of the invention, wherein in the method, the lure attachable to a fishing line, is triggered into the active state of the lure by storing energy to a spring connected to an active hook assembly by moving its inside parts in the lure, locking the hook assembly by a latch to the active state of said hook assembly, releasing the lure into water, swimming the lure to attract fish, when a fish dodging or biting the lure, the triggered latch is released, the latch initiating a counterstrike by the spring energy to, so the active hook assembly to hook the fish, releasing the active hook assembly from the fish. A manufacturing method of a lure according to an embodiment of the invention comprises at least a selection of the following phases: - molding at least a body part pair in mirror symmetry, - providing a body part with a surface for ultrasound welding and/or gluing, - making an AHAL-piece, - making and providing the locking latch piece, - making the counterpart to the locking latch piece, - attaching the AHAL to the recess, - providing the spring between the AHAL and an attachment spot of a body part, - providing å the lure with at least the swimming deepness adjustment plate, - sealing the lure body part with a mirrored body part.

According to an embodiment of the invention the lure manufacturing method according to an embodiment comprises a coating phase wherein at least a body part or an AHAL part is coated with a DLC-coating.

The utilizability of the invention in rod-fishing is based on the independence of the action that would be required by the fisher at the attack moment by the fish against the lure. The lure has the mechanism to do the strike back as a response to a snap too, so that even the nibbling of the lure also latches the mechanism for catching the fish.

When the active hook assembly is moved from its released position into the triggered position, a spring inside the lure stores energy in the triggering event for a strike back, and when the striking fish has the jaws on the lure, so the grip even instantly in a mild force, it can latch the hook assembly that moves along the lure by the energy stored in the spring inside the lure, so the fish and the active hook assembly are very likely to meet each other. A lure according to an embodiment is arranged by its embodied mechanism to utilize the momentum conservation principle and the Newtonian laws of physics. The triggered active hook assembly has energy laden to the spring of the lure, which being released as the impact of the nibbling fish laches the spring, so that the embodied mechanism makes the lure body strike back, to the opposite direction as the active hook assembly when the spring laden energy is latched, as following from the momentum conservation principle. So in a certain sense the fish and the active hook assembly are supported by the lure body at the counter strike event of the lure, so making the active hook assembly movement to make the fish position fixed in respect to the lure body and the fish so to get caught.

The claimed lure has an aspect that has an advantage in that the lure has light weight structure and very robust composition. This has a direct impact to the casting applications, so that the line can be thinner than within casting the heavy weighted metal lures. In addition the, swimming speed can be reasonable, and the structure can be made for a floating embodiments, so the lure won’t hit the bottom of the lake, for example, when the reeling is stopped. This also prevents instantaneous latching of the lure by mistake or when a problem is encountered by the fisher to reel the lure.

Another aspect to the lure structure according to an embodiment is that the simple and robust embodied structure allows the lure swim in the deepness that is mainly determined by the reeling speed and the position of the front plate at the nose of the lure, in combination of the positive buoyance that is achieved by the hollow compartment in the lure structure, so aiming with the embodiments to vivid and lively movement to attract the fish, in control of the fisher, instead of dominance of the mere weight of the metal parts in a lure, to take over the swimming movement and cause negative buoyance to sink the lure and consequently to stuck to the bottom. A lure can also carry a reasonable number of triplet hook assemblies, and still have relatively high probability to catch a striking fish, but because of the moving active hook assembly in the embodied lure, the striking direction is not so important, as even a single nibble can latch the active hook assembly to move and strike back to the fish.

An important aspect is also the manufacturing point of view, to have the lure made from simple parts, each of them being easily made and assembled together. The robust structure also mitigates the structure keeping clean, as the mud sometimes as well as the water plant debris are either easy to remove or clean. A further important aspect is that when the fishes are about the bite and prey, the simple structure makes it easy to trigger the lure so leaving more water-borne time and opportunities to fish to bite than if the structure needed to make more maneuvers by the fisher.

Terms “amount“ or a “number” have a meaning of an integer positive number starting from one, i.e. one, two or three, being not limited only to the mentioned examples of small numbers, but having the number being able to alter in a reasonable level according to the context in particularly case-wise shown as a skilled person knows from the embodiments.

Terms ”ensemble” or ”a plurality of’ are referring to such compositions that have an integer number of members, but not less than two (2). Where applicable, the definition of present member species or the distribution of them is determined via the context describing the embodiments, if expressly otherwise not shown.

Term “void” means somewhat empty, i.e. comprising in the void space or volume gaseous substances.

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

In the following examples of the embodiments are described by referring to the drawings in which:

Fig 1 illustrates an example on an embodiment of the invention,

Figs 2A-2D illustrate embodied structures of an exemplary embodiment,

Figs 3A -3D illustrate detail aspects of an embodiment of the invention in the structure,

Fig 4 illustrates an embodiment of the invention to manufacture a lure according to an embodiment of the invention,

Fig 5 illustrates spring assembly in an exemplary embodiment of the invention, and

Figs 6A to 6C illustrate examples on alternative embodiments.

ENSEMBLE OF EXAMPLES ON EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

In the Fig 1, an example of an embodied lure 101 has been shown. The lure in Fig 1 has a passive hook assembly 103, being embodied in the example as a triplet hook assembly of hooks being attached to each other so that the tips of the hooks are about 120 degrees apart each other. The attaching as such can be made for example by welding. The passive hook assembly is attached to the lure body 107 by a link or a number of links. According to an embodiment the link can be a quick lock link, so the passive hook assembly being removed and/or replaced another or a different one in size for example, as a single hook assembly, or with hairs.

According to a variant of an embodiment, the hook assembly can be replaced by a pair of metal stiff wires to provide a grass protection for the active hook assembly. In such an embodiment the wire pair is also supported to the curved body, so preventing to slip aside. According to an embodiment the curved shape following support can be made of a thicker material so to be used as a casting weight to be added, if observed to be necessary in the circumstances.

The lure in Fig 1 has also an active hook assembly 102 which has a similar passive hook assembly as such as the hook assembly 103, but differs from it at least in that the active hook assembly also comprises a hook assembly aim 104 being linked to the hook triplet in the active hook assembly. The arm and its structure are discussed in more detail as related to the Figs 3A to 3D.

In Fig 2A the lure body 107 half is illustrated from a side but also from the front (in left). The Fig 2 shows examples on the attachment means 201, to be used to attach two identical but mirrored body 107 halves together. A skilled person in the art knows from the context that the term identical applies to the halves so that the attachment means 201 comprising pins in one body half and the corresponding recesses in the other can be in different halves to have the lure body to be formed.

The line attachment link 105 is shown in the front, as well as the swimming depth adjustment plate 106 in such embodiments where the position is adjustable by bending for example. According to an embodiment the plate 106 can be solid, so the depth being determined by the shape of the plate and/or the position in the flow of the encountered water flow. The recess 202 or the plate 106 is indicated in a body 107 half is in the Fig 2A. A mirror line M-M is marked into Figs 2A to 2C to illustrate the mirror symmetrical counter part of a drawn body part 107 by mirroring said body part 107 in respect to the mirror line M-M.

The Fig 2A shows also the height h of a body 107 half. According to an embodiment of the invention the height can be chosen according to the desired size of the fish to be caught.

According to an embodiment of the invention the h is larger than 10 mm, advantageously over 15 mm, but even more advantageously larger than 22, but less than 55 mm and even more advantageously less than 35 mm, but simultaneously over 18 mm. The horizontal length can be 5 times the height h in an embodiment. According to an embodiment the ratio between the horizontal length and the rectangular height is more than 3, advantageously in another embodiment variant more than 4, but according to an embodiment variant less than 12, but even more advantageously less than 8.

However, the lure is embodied as a wobbler, so the swimming movement is important for the lure. Thus, the swimming position as free is advantageously considered to be as shown in the horizontal position in the Fig 1, when the texts are readable in a normal western way. According to an embodiment variant, weights can be added, so also to change the swimming position, but also to have an impact also to the way of wobbling movement during the pull.

The Fig 2B illustrates a body 107 half, but giving the view inside to the body half. Fig 2B also illustrates the cross section according to the line D-D.

According to an embodiment the body half 107 comprises attachment means 201 that can be embodied as recesses and/or pins. According to an embodiment of the invention in one half the attachment means 201 can be only embodied as pins, so leaving all the corresponding recesses into which the pins of the first half match to the second complementing body half 107, so to make a whole body comprising two mirror symmetric parts 107. The word only in that context does not exclude such an embodiment in which the halves are either glued, welded or both, in suitable part.

According to an embodiment, it is also possible to make such halves in which pins and recesses are present at the same half, according to the mold lay out for each of the halves. That embodiment would require two molds for the manufacturing, but according to an even more advantageous embodiment of the invention the attachment means 201 are so formed, that there is only one mirror symmetric body half pair mold, in which there are the semi recesses 201 SR made, so that a universal pin 201P matches in thickness to the both sides of the body 107 halves’ semi recesses 201 SR, and the length of the pin 20IP is sufficient to close the line between the halves, when glued to secure the attachment. The semi recess 201 SR and the universal pin 20IP in the recess 201 SR is illustrated as an example in Fig 2C showing cross section C-C to illustrate the thickness of a body 107 half.

The thickness of the body 107 half is approximately a third of the height h. However, it is important that the part 307 is able to move between the attached body parts 107, so it is important also that the active hook assembly and the related parts are made sufficiently strong material layers, so that the biting fish would not destroy the lure by one bite.

In Fig 2B there are also indicated the wall 206 of a recess (to be denoted also to the recess as such) for the active hook assembly 102 (Fig 1) to facilitate the movement. The passive hook assembly is intended to be connected to a link attached to the body 107 via the recess pair indicated by the reference number 203.

The reference number 205 is referring to a gliding track, which is an elongated recess having a length at least double the length of part 307, so comprising the counter parts to the part 307 and its formations 303 to provide the gliding surfaces each with the corresponding recess in a mounted lure. The attachment spot 304S for a spring 504 (Fig 5) attachment is drawn only for an example illustration to attach the spring as in Fig 5 to the body part 107 and the attachment spot on its surface. From the embodiments of the invention, a skilled person in the art can also use other attachment means 201 also for a spring attachment. According to an embodiment the attachment spot 304S has own pin at the down compartment separately from the water tight sealed compartment 207.

The reference number 207 is referring to a void section inside the lure, to be isolated in an air-tight manner from the section of the body 107 that has the recesses 205, so to keep the lure in good balance, preferably as floating in the water with positive buoyance. The part 204 is a latching piece to lock the 307 comprising part by help of the protrusion 305, 306, forming a notch counterpart with the part there between (cf. Fig 3A).

The Fig 2D is illustrative of a body part 107 of the lure as such, to demonstrate the view of a single piece from both sides of a body part 107. The height, thickness and length are not necessarily limited only to the example and are not in the scale for all embodiments of the invention. Fig 2D is also demonstrating a spring attachment being made by pin which is similar to the one 201, but is modified to hold the spring being triggered between the pin 304S (Fig 2D) and the hole 304 in the piece 300.

The Active Hook Assembly Latch 300, also as denoted by the letter combination AHAL, is embodied in the Figs 3A to 3D. In the Figs 3A to 3D the AHAL is illustrated as a projection 300 having a shape of letter L, with a rectangular angle between the parts 301 and 307.

According to an embodiment the AHAL-parts 301 and 307 which forms the AHAL-base as illustrated also in Fig 3D, for the manufacturing pre-form as cut and drilled, are in an angled position to each other. Although as in Fig 3D the AHAL has the parts 301 and 307 in same plane, it is found useful to bend the parts 301 and 307 to an arc there between, so that the triggering is made easier, when the part is used in the lure in combination of the body parts. This is because of that the part 301 that is attached by a link between the hole 302 and the active hook assembly’s triplet 102 hook operates as a lever in the triggering. The Figs 1 and 3A to 3C embody the AHAL in 90 degree angle between the parts 301 and 307, which may be not the optimal for the flow friction as such, but may be more useful to generate turbulence or swirls that produce sounds which a remote fish may experience as a trigger to attack. However, other angles are also possible, but may influence also to the probability to catch a certain sized fish, when the intermediate distance of the active hook assembly 103 and active hook assembly in the triggered position is increased in such embodiments in which the AHAL has a smaller angle between the parts 301 and 307.

According to an embodiment the AHAL can comprise further parts than only one part 301, but if such a Z or double Z type 301 parts are used in the embodiments, the lure may be not any more swimming in the same position as the one in Fig 1, because of the center of the mass being more behind. Same effect may be with those embodiments in which the part 301 has H, T, S or h shape, either in the plane of the illustrated I shaped plane or with in a rectangular direction positioned.

Fig 4 illustrates a manufacturing method of the lure according to an embodiment of the invention. The flow chart is just an example, and is not intended to limit the manufacturing phases only to the order of the illustrated example. Some phases may be made simultaneously with another or with at least partly overlapping duration, in suitable part. The Figs 2A to 2D are, as well as Figs 3A to 3D also being used for denoting to the illustrated parts.

It is assumed that there are the molds made for the cast of the body in the manufacturing method. It is further assumed that the body 107 halves are made from a moldable material, such as plastics, rubber or a suitable composite for the suitable parts. However, although it were easiest may be making the whole body half 107 as a one piece from one molding recess for the individual body part of a pair of such, it is not an intention to limit the embodiments only be using body parts made of a single body part material.

According to an embodiment of the method, in phase 401 the molding is made to give the form to at least a body part 107, and its mirrored part 107 (cf. Fig 2B for example, M-M) so the opposite sides so formed made together form a body of a lure shown in Fig 1. This can be made by pressing the lure material between two preformed pressing tools. According to an embodiment, the parts which carry the recess 205 can be made separately by a finely carved pressing piece in an alternative embodiment of the invention.

According to an alternative embodiment of the invention the recesses 205 and the attachment means 201 are machined to a pre-pressed body part, but it is not found as efficient as the mere pressing in respect to the expenses in the work.

In the phase 402 the body parts 107 are provided with gluing surfaces, for the surfaces to be glue-attached to each other.

In the phase 403 the AHAL pre-form according to the Fig 3D is manufactured. The pre-form is cut from metal having a thickness for example about 1.2 mm, but is not limited only to the shown example. The part 307 is cut to have the broadness as shown in Fig 3C c2, and the part 301 cl to the thickness ell, so that the difference c2-cl has the double of the measure for the deepness of the sides 303 of the part 307 to fit into the recess 205 at the body parts 107. The measure c3 can be at least one millimeter, but optionally between 1 and 3 mm can be sufficient for the ordinary catches below 20 kg, for larger fishes, the material layer thicknesses may be correspondingly larger. The measure Dia for at least one of the holes 302 and 304 can be made selected from 1 mm to 2 mm, preferably the same measure for the both holes keeping the manufacturing simple.

In phase 404 the locking latch piece 204, (which optionally can be formed already at the molding from the material), in an embodiment, can be separately made and mounted. Advantageously the piece 204 is made of metal to tolerate the operation and mechanical wearing. It is also possible to use softer substrate and coat the piece 204 by sp3- bonds mainly comprising DLC (Diamond Like Carbon), however, this embodiment variant may be used in producing durable pieces and/or parts of the lures, but for practical lures, except special editions, may be too expensive. According to an embodiment, the tracks 205 in the body halves 107 can be also DLC coated. In a further embodiment also the AHAL surfaces of the parts 303 that match to the tracks 205 can be DLC coated.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the body halves can be patterned and coated for the figures and their colors, according to an embodiment, being selected fish species specifically (for a certain fish type, like bass, pike, silver fish, salmon, for example) to make the fish attack. Additionally the patterned and colored body parts can be additionally DLC-coated against wear-out.

On the surface of the part 307 preform in Fig 3D, the counter part 305, 306 with the intermediate material can be manufactured in the phase 405, for example by simply punching the piece out form the 307 so that it is about to two thirds of the material thickness sticking out of the side as indicated for the part 307. According to an embodiment the part 204 and the part that comprises the notch counterparts 305, 306 are considered as counterparts to each other.

The notch counterpart 305, 306 on the 307 is actually a counter part to the latch piece 204, to hold the triggered position until a fish snaps the lure. The part is made by punching through the AHAL pre-form, so the counterparts 305 and 306 and the one there between are formed, the angle a being approximately about 20 degrees in a non-restrictive example of embodiments. However, the said values are examples, and are not intended to limit embodiments only to the shown variant.

In the phase 406 the AHAL 300 is attached to the recess 205 of a body half 107, and in the phase 407 the AHAL is attached to a spring which is also attached to a body half. In phase 408 a swimming deepness adjustment plate 105 is attached to the recess 202, the link 203 for the passive hook assembly is attached and glued.

In phase 409 the parts are all put together and the halves 107 can be attached, glued and/or plastic-welded together, in suitable part. The phase may comprise also packing into packages and/or the checking of the product.

In Fig 5 the spring assembly is schematically illustrated for the positions Triggered position and released position in the Fig 1, with respective expressions Trigg, and Released. The spring 504 is shown as attached between the body part 107 via an attachment spot 304S at one end of the spring and the hole 304 in the AHAL-part at the part 307 end portion.

Although the spring 504 action is between the positions Triggered and Released are demonstrated with a spring that is in released position as contracted, it is also possible in an embodiment ensemble to reverse the active hook assembly movement by using such a spring 504 that has its triggered position as contracted. In other aspects, the reverse action embodiments are understood from the Figs 1 to 6.

In Figs 6A to 6C details from Figs 2A and 2B are illustrated, for an optional embodiment variant ensemble of examples of the lure 101. The notch 204 can be so embodied, that there is a recess and threads on its walls to provide a working facilities to the illustrated adjustment screw 604 of the notch 204 to adjust the notch position. In this embodiment the notch 204 can be provided with a spring, which can be separate or integrated to the notch 204, to be making the notch 204 height adjustable by the screw 604 adjustment in the threads in the recess. This way the latching sensitivity can be adjusted, but also compensate the ware-out, so the latching sensitivity can be restored.

According to an embodiment, the lure can be made as a two-part lure. This is illustrated in Figs 6A to 6B so that there are at the top two lures 101 according to an embodiment connected by a joint 603, to make the movement of the parts vivid. The joint 603 can be just an attached wire, but also a quick lock or link assembly can be used. Although the two parts are exemplified to have same shape and size, in an embodiment variant the two parts are not necessarily same sized or shaped, but can be also be differently patterned and/or colored, so to improve the attraction of fishes in different conditions. According to an embodiment, the two parts can have the triggered positions similarly provided, but alternatively mirrored in respect of the movement of the active hook assembly (not shown, but cf. Fig 1).

Below the top most embodiment Fig 6B, there is illustrated such a two-part lure with a first part 101A and a second part 10IB that has in the middle of the body a joint 603 for making the movement vivid and so attractive to fishes. These parts 101A and 10 IB are composed from the mirrored body parts 107 as the single body lure 101 in Figl. Although a linking assembly 603 illustrated, the joint can be made by a wire attachment and/or quick lock. In this embodiment the body parts 107 have been made as cut into two parts, each made as they were a lure 101 itself, but having the shape to match to a fish shape when attached together, but also to make the compartment 207 water tight.

Although the two parts 101 A, 10 IB are exemplified to have a different but continuing shape and size, in an embodiment variant the two parts are not necessarily same sized or shaped, in suitable parts, but can be also be differently patterned and/or colored, so to improve the attraction of fishes in different conditions. According to an embodiment, the two parts can have the triggered positions similarly provided, but alternatively mirrored in respect of the movement of the active hook assembly (not shown, but cf. Fig 1). According to an embodiment at least one of the 101A and 10IB can comprise similar mechanics as the lure 101, with the latching mechanism, spring and the active hook assembly.

According to an embodiment the lure can be made also as a two part lure, the parts being linked by a link or chain that allows the parts wobble as attached. According to a variant of an embodiment such two parts can be identical, but according to a further variant one of the parts can have reversed action for the active hook assembly. This way it is possible to make larger sweep than with a mere one active hook assembly, with both embodiments, one with the similar actions, either normal as in Fig 1 or reversed and with reverse action in one part and normal action as in Figl.

The scope of the embodiments of the invention is defined in the following patent claims. However it is clear to a skilled person in the art that different features and the details can vary in accordance of the inventive concept, in an embodiment specific way.

Claims

A fishing rod (101) for fishing, comprising - at least one elongated frame member (107) having at least one slider (205) formed by a slider (205) with an opening forming a slip path for an active hook assembly (102) comprising a first lever arm. (104, 301) and a second lever arm (307), wherein said second lever arm (307) has a straight sliding socket face (303), said first (301) and said second lever arm (307) being in latch AH AL (300) of the active hook arrangement, - a knuckle counter member (305, 306) on said second lever arm (307), the knuckle back member (305, 306) being operable as part of the trigger to hold and release (204) a combination of said lever arms (301, 307) to move the active hook assembly (102); a spring (504) coupled between said second lever arm (307, 304) and a frame member (107, 304S) for loading by flagging the lever arm assembly (301, 3); 07) from a released position to an excited position, wherein - said second lever arm (307) comprising sliding socket surfaces (303) arranged to slide in a sliding groove (205) in said at least one frame member (107), in an engaged position; (204) and its counterpart (305, 306) so that the combination of the lever arms (301, 307) is ready to cause the active hook assembly (102) to retract when the bump (204) and its counterpart (305, 306) release the lever arms (301, 307). ) as a result of a fish attack.

The lure according to claim 1, wherein said second lever arm (307) comprises a straight sliding counter surface (303) for causing sliding in the sliding groove (205).

The lure according to claim 1, wherein said lure comprises at least one passive hook arrangement (103).

The lure according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said lure comprises at least one of: - a swim depth adjustment plate (106) attached in front of the body, - a fishing line attachment loop (105), - a bevel sensitivity adjustment screw for adjusting the burr sensitivity, for changing and adjusting, - a fluorescent paint body surface, - a grass protection element with at least one hook protecting wire, - an empty compartment for a positive lift, - a prop or square plate in front of the lure to produce turbulence generated sounds, and - a first front portion of the lure to provide the lure in two parts.

The lure according to claim 4, wherein the second part comprises a similar active hook arrangement (102) with similar functions as said first part but arranged in opposite directions.

A lure according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the body member has a quick lock for attaching and / or removing the second member.

A fishing method, comprising the use of a lure having an active and passive state according to claim 1, wherein the lure to be attached to the fishing line is tuned to the lure active state by storing energy in a spring connected to the active the fish pushes or lures the lure, the trigger latch is released due to said butt or attack;

A method of manufacturing a lure (101) according to claim 1, comprising at least the following steps: - shaping (401) at least one pair of body members (107) mirror-symmetrically (M-M), - providing (402) the body member with ultrasonic welding on the surface; for gluing, - making (403) an active hook set latch AHAL piece (300), - making and equipping (404) a locking latch part (204), - making counterparts (305, 306) to the latching latch part (204, 405), - connecting (406) active hook set latch AHAL (300) in groove (205), - inserting (407) spring (504) between active hook set latch AHAL (300) and attachment point (304S) of frame (107), - providing (408) at least a swim depth adjustment plate (105) closing (409) the lure body (107) with a mirror-like body.

The method of claim 8, wherein the at least the body portion (107, 205) or the active hook set latch AHAL portion (303) is coated with a DLC coating.