WO2000041562A1

WO2000041562A1 - A jig

Info

Publication number: WO2000041562A1
Application number: PCT/DK2000/000022
Authority: WO
Inventors: Niels Lange Stensgaard
Original assignee: Niels Lange Stensgaard
Priority date: 1999-01-18
Filing date: 2000-01-18
Publication date: 2000-07-20
Also published as: AU2092500A; DK199900019U3

Abstract

A jig for fishing is provided with a special eyelet section (2) with an oblong eyelet (7) comprising several attachment points (8) for a ring (10) for connection to a fishing line. The attachment points (8) are interconnected by narrow slits (9) with lesser width than the thickness of the ring material. The ring (10) is provided with a notch or narrow section (13) with a dimension less than the slit width. By turning the ring (10) for engaging the slit (9) it is possible to displace the ring (10) to different positions in relation to the jig body (1). Thereby different movements of the jig may be achieved in the water, compensating for boat drift, submarine streams, different depths or different fish, without changing jig itself.

Description

A JIG

Field of the Invention

The present invention concerns a jig for jig fishing.

State of the Art

A jig comprising a body provided with an eyelet at one end of the body for attaching a fishing line is prior art. Usually the hook is provided at the end of the body opposite to the evelet.

Jigs are used as fishing lure mainly in sea fishing and often at great depths. The jig is made to move in the water by means of jerks or by alternating winding and giving off fishing line, whereby the jig may provoke or attract fish to bite. The behaviour of the jig in the water is dependent on several factors, of which its shape and the action of the pulling force from the fishing line are some of the most important.

Due to wind action on the angler's boat and submarine streams, jigs are often behaving in an uncontrolled and unsuitable way, even though the angler is well aware of the conditions, because no adjusting means are provided for compensation. Also, different fishing depths and different kinds of fish may create a desire for adjusting the movement of the jig in the water. Some adjustment may take place by using another jig with other weight, size or shape, but this requires an expensive assortment of jigs, and sometimes a change in size or shape also results in an undesired change in weight of the jig.

Summary of the Invention

An object of the invention is avoid the drawbacks associated with the prior art jigs. A further object of the invention is to provide a jig where adjustment of the movement of the jig in the water may take place in a simple way without changing the jig.

The peculiar feature of the invention is that the eyelet has at least two attachment points for the fishing line, the attachment points being disposed in such a way relative to the body of the jig that shifting the fishing line between the attachment points when the jig is suspended from the fishing line causes the jig to change its position in space.

The attachment points may be separated and defined by the geometrical form of the eyelet. Simply by moving the point of action of the fishing line between the attachment points will change the inclination of the jig in relation to the fishing line, either because the point of gravity of the jig is displaced in relation to the fishing line, or because the water streaming past the jig acts differently on the jig because of its external geometry. Thereby, it is also possible to influence the position of the jig in water, including the angle of attack of the jig to the movement of the ambient water, whether caused by submarine streams, boat drift, by winding or loosening the fishing line or by jerking by the angler etc.

In a preferred embodiment of the jig according to the invention is that the eyelet is provided with a slit section between neighbouring attachment points and with lesser width than at the attachment points. In this way, the point of action of the fishing line may be changed by sliding through the slit section, while the narrow dimension of the slit hinders unwanted sliding of the fishing line between the attachment points. Untying the fishing line for the adjustment is not necessary either.

In another embodiment of the jig according to the invention, the eyelet is provided with a substantially ring-like fitting for attaching the fishing line, and that the ring is designed to be displaced through the slit by manipulation. The fitting may be an independent part or a part of a swivel commonly used when connecting artificial bait to the fishing line. The fitting engages the eyelet and provides the point of action of the fishing line in the eyelet.

If the fitting generally has a thickness of material greater than the width of the slit section, but where a narrow part of the fitting has a thickness less than the width of the slit section as indicated in claim 4, the change of attachment point in the eyelet may take place by turning the fitting until the narrow part of the fitting may be passed through the slit to the neighbouring attachment point. Where the jig according to the invention has an oblong body the ends of which have plane surfaces inclined to the longitudinal axis of the body, it is preferred that the eyelet is arranged with its attachment points and slit or slits extending along one of the inclined surfaces. One of the existing plane surfaces, which may act as reflecting surfaces and/or may influence the movements of the jig when drawn through the water, is hereby utilised as basis for the eyelet, e.g. by welding a plate piece on its edge on the plane surface, where the plate piece is provided with the slits and attachment points by punching.

When the jig body has a reflecting surface for attracting fish, it is preferred that the side of the body is provided with at least one concave surface of double curvature. Hereby light may be focused for better reflection towards the fish.

The Drawing

Embodiments of the invention will be explained further with reference to the drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side view of the body of a jig according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the same as in Fig. 1, but viewed from the left side.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line III-III in Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 shows a first embodiment of a fitting for attaching a fishing line to the jig according to the invention, Fig. 5 shows a second and preferred embodiment of a fitting for attaching a fishing line to the jig according to the invention, and Figs. 6 - 8 show a preferred embodiment of a jig according to the invention hanging from a fishing line when the fitting is attached at three different points in the eyelet, respectively. Description of Embodiments

A jig body 1 according to a preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in Figs. 1 - 3. An eyelet section 2 for attaching the end of a fishing line is provided at one end and a hole 3 for attaching a hook is provided at the opposite end.

The body 1 consist of solid material, preferably metal as for example steel, iron, or brass, with cylindrical cross section, where both ends are plane surfaces 4, 5 with an inclination of between 30° and 60° relative to the longitudinal axis a of the body. Any other suitable materials, like aluminium, plastic, wood, or composites, may be used for the body.

The side of the body 1 is provided with concave surfaces 6 of double curvature for focusing light and thereby enhancing attracting or provoking fish to bite the jig.

The eyelet section 2 is made of a piece of plate where a substantially oblong opening, e.g. made by punching, form the eyelet 7 in which the end of the fishing line may be fastened directly or through a ring-like fitting 10,1 1. If the body is made of a weldable material like steel, the eyelet section 2 may also be of steel and welded onto the sur- face 4.

The oblong eyelet 7 is provided with three separate attachment points in the form of holes 8 where the fishing line knot or a fitting 10,1 1 may be attached. Two, four or more attachment points may also be possible in other embodiments of the invention. The holes 8 are interconnected by two slits 9 placed therebetween, thereby making possible sliding the knot or the fitting 10.1 1 between the holes 8. The width of the slits 9 is so small that the fitting 10,11 during fishing will not pass through the slits 9. A loop at the end of a fishing line will not either easily pass through the slit 9 and thereby change the point of attachment for the fishing line.

A first embodiment of the fitting according to the invention is shown on Figs. 1 , 2 and 4 and consists of a ring 10 having a thickness of material greater than the width of the slits 9. The ring 10 is provided with a notch 13 in which the thickness is reduced to be less that the slit width. The notch may be established by grinding or by squeezing the material flat in that place. By turning the ring 10 into a suitable position it is possible to pass the ring 10 through the slits 9 and thereby moving the point of action of the fishing line to another attachment point.

If the fitting is a kind of swivel 12 shown on Fig. 5, the ring-like part 1 1 of the swivel 12 for engaging the eyelet 7 is provided with a notch 13 in a way similar to the one described above.

The oblong eyelet 7 is located and directed in relation to the gravitational point of the jig so that suspending the jig from different attachment points causes it to change its position in space relative to a plumb line. Figs. 6 - 8 show how three different attachment points of the fishing line results in different attitudes. Furthermore, if the jig has a shape, e.g. with surfaces 4,5 as in the described embodiment, which is influenced by the water streaming past the jig, using different attachment points 8 may cause the surfaces 4,5 to have different angles of inclination relative to the streaming water and thereby affect the movement of the jig in the water. In particular, the use of the attachment point shown in Fig. 8 when jig and angler are drifting away from each other and the jig after being pulled upwards by the angler sinks downward in the shown position, has the effect that the jig will tend to move toward the angler because of the fluid dynamic action of the water on the jigs flat, bottom surface.

Other embodiments of the invention are possible. The jig body may have other geo- metrical shapes that shown above, for example with polygonal cross section. Other kinds of eyelet sections are possible within the scope of the claims. Thus it may be envisaged with a wire-like eyelet section with both ends fastened at the end of the jig body and with a wavy shape or provided with internal corners, so that the wave crests or corners constitute the attachment points.

Claims

1. A jig for jig fishing, comprising a body provided with an eyelet at one end of the body for attaching a fishing line, characterised in that the eyelet has at least two at- tachment points for the fishing line, the attachment points being disposed in such a way relative to the body of the jig that shifting the fishing line between the attachment points when the jig is suspended from the fishing line causes the jig to change its position in space.

2. A jig according to claim 1. characterised in that the eyelet is provided with a slit section between neighbouring attachment points and with lesser width than the attachment points.

3. A jig according to claim 2. characterised in that the eyelet is provided with a sub- stantially ring-like fitting for attaching the fishing line, and that the ring is designed to be displaced through the slit by manipulation.

4. A jig according to claim 3, characterised in that the fitting generally has a thickness of material greater than the width of the slit, but where a section of the fitting has a thickness less than the width of the slit.

5. A jig according to any of the claims 2 - 4 and having an oblong body the ends of which have plane surfaces inclined to the longitudinal axis of the body, characterised in that the eyelet is arranged with its attachment points and slit or slits extending along one of the inclined surfaces.

6. A jig according to any preceding claim, and having a body with reflecting surface, characterised in that the side of the body is provided with at least one concave surface of double curvature.