Fish lure

Claim 1

A FISH LURE COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED, BUOYANT BODY HAVING A WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION CAUSING SAID BODY TO NORMALLY FLOAT IN WATER WITH ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS IN A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL POSITION; SAID BUOYANT BODY HAVING AN ELONGATED BODY MEMBER WITH A FORWARD END PORTION AND A REARWARD END PORTION; A PAIR OF LINE ATTACHMENT DEVICES ON SAID BODY MEMBER ADJACENT SAID FORWARD AND REARWARD END PORTIONS, RESPECTIVELY; GUIDE FINS ON SAID BODY MEMBER WHICH ARE POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID REARWARD END PORTION AND WHICH RESIST LATERAL MOVEMENT OF THE BUOYANT BODY THROUGH THE WATER; AND A BRIDLE ELEMENT ATTACHED TO AND EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID DEVICES AND ADAPTED FOR ATTACHMENT TO A RETRIEVING LINE AT A POINT ON SAID BRIDLE ELEMENT LOCATED BETWEEN SAID DEVICES SAID BRIDLE ELEMENT TRANSMITTING A FORCE TO SAID BODY MEMBER TO KEEP SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS IN A PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID RETRIEVING LINE WHEREBY A PULL ON SAID LINE TENDS INITIALLY TO MOVE SAID VERTICALLY DISPOSED BODY MEMBER BROADSIDE THROUGH THE WATER ALONG THE AXIS OF SAID LINE AND THENCE UPWARDLY OUT OF THE WATER TO A POINT OF INSTABILITY EFFECTING LATERAL TIPPING OF SAID BODY MEMBER AWAY FROM SAID AXIS OF SAID LINE, CONTINUED PULLING ON SAID LINE TENDING TO URGE SAID BODY MEMBER ALONG A PATH SUBSTANTIALLY COINCIDENT WITH THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID BODY MEMBER AND LATERALLY AWAY FROM SAID AXIS OF SAID LINE.