A stickbait fishing lure includes an outer covering and an internal structure molded within the outer covering. The internal structure is of a material that is configured to be punctured by a fishing hook. With this configuration, a fishing hook can be passed through the outer covering and puncture the material of the internal structure. The internal structure helps secure the fishing hook within the fishing lure by providing an internal reinforcement that inhibits the inserted hook from ripping away from the fishing lure or otherwise tearing the outer covering.

An elastomeric fishing lure is provided having a flexible body portion having first and second ends, wherein the body portion defines an axis extending along the centerline of the body portion. The elastomeric fishing lure has at least one elongate slot in the body portion, the at least one elongate slot defining first and second ends and a slot length extending therebetween, the at least one elongate slot defining a pair of opposed sidewalls, wherein the distance between the opposed sidewalls defines a slot width, the at least one elongate slot extending through the body portion along at least a portion of the slot length.

A fishing rod includes a rod section and a fitting having a securing portion, the fitting being firmly secured to the rod section without inhibiting bending of the rod section, the securing portion having an excellent outer appearance. On a securing portion of a fishing line guide placed on the rod section, a prepreg sheet formed of plain-woven reinforcement fibers impregnated with a thermosetting resin is wound to secure the fishing line guide. The prepreg sheet is wound and secured so that, with respect to an axial direction, reinforcement fibers are in oblique directions, and intersecting angles of the reinforcement fibers in a winding region on a part of the rod section located beyond a distal end of the securing portion are smaller than those of the reinforcement fibers in a winding region on the securing portion.

A lure includes one or more cores having a surface shape and coloration configured to represent an anatomy of a food for a game fish with one or more outer portions of translucent material disposed thereabout. The outer portion is at least partially flexible with one or more outer fins and/or tails configured to cause the lure to move through water in conformance with a mode of transit. The core presents a three-dimensional appearance of a schooling baitfish, a bottom baitfish, a crustacean, an amphibian, a worm, a grub, an insect, a spider, a leech, or another creature that is attractive to fish. The core may include a surface shape and/or coloration that represents a mouth, an eye, a fin, and/or one or more gills or opercles. The core may be formed around a rigid object such as a hook, a line leader, or a weight.

There is provided a fishing rod preventing or suppressing deviation or inclination of a fitting on a surface of a rod body. The fishing rod includes an elongated cylindrical rod body, a fitting having a mounting portion and mounted to an outer peripheral surface of the rod body via the mounting portion, a first layer formed by winding a first sheet so as to enclose the mounting portion and the rod body, the first sheet being made of a fiber-reinforced resin or a resin having a thermal shrinkage rate of 2.5% or lower, and a second layer formed by winding a second sheet made of a fiber-reinforced resin on an outer side of the first sheet, wherein a temperature at which a loss tangent of the first sheet has a maximum value is different from a temperature at which a loss tangent of the second sheet has a maximum value.

A layer of softer plastic, relative to a plastic lure body, is affixed to the lure at either a lip portion, at least one side of the lure body or both the lip portion and the at least one side to protect the functionality and appearance of the lure and to act as a bumper.

A fishing lure and apparatus and method of making the same. A fishing lure according to aspects of the invention include a lure body formed about a through wire. Eye loops are provided at opposed ends of the trough wire to attach a tackle element for catching a game fish. An optional decorative layer is applied to the lure body to mimic the visual appearance of a bait. A clear protective shell is molded about the lure body to encapsulate the lure body and protect the lure body, and optional decorative layer from damage. The apparatus includes a first and second mold, with the first mold forming the lure body in the shape of the bait and the second mold forming the clear protective shell about the lure body.

An artificial fishing lure, and a method of constructing the same, the method including providing a mold configured to form the fishing lure, injecting at least a partially liquified first polymer heated to a first temperature into the mold, injecting at least a partially liquified second polymer heated to a second temperature into the mold, and allowing the at least partially liquified first and second polymers to harden.

An artificial fishing lure, and a method of constructing the same, the fishing lure including a translucent polymer body, and a separately formed insert member at least partially embedded in the polymer body, the insert member being less translucent that the polymer body and formed to mimic a physical trauma in the fishing lure.

An artificial bait material for use in a simulated bait assembly. The artificial bait material includes a body that is formed from a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) such as PLASTISOL. In addition, the artificial bait material include a thread component having a first portion that is formed within the body of the artificial bait material, and a second portion that extends out of and away from the body. In this configuration, for example, the material can be used to form a fly lure by tying the second portion of the thread component directly to the hook or barb of the lure with fly tying thread, without having to wrap either thread around the body of the artificial bait material. As a result, the fly tying thread can be tightly tied to the hook or barb without risk of cutting through the body of the artificial bait material.