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A LURE CARRIER FOR FISHING LURES OF THE TYPE INCLUDING A HOOK PORTION HAVING A SHANK AND A LURE BODY ATTACHED TO THE SHANK, THE LURE CARRIER COMPRISING: (A) AN ELONGATED, SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR CASING HAVING A BOTTOM WALL, FRONT AND REAR SIDE WALLS, ROUNDED END WALLS, AND COVERGING TOP WALLS EXTENDING UPWARDLY EACH END WALL AND MEETING IN AN APEX PORTION; (B) BELT CLIPS ATTACHED TO THE CASING REAR SIDE WALL; (C) A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL IDLER ROLLERS EACH HAVING A STUB AXLE PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM OPPOSITE ENDS THEREOF; (D) THE CASING SIDE WALLS HAVING PAIRS OF INWARDLY OPENING BORES FORMED THEREIN ADJACENT THE END WALLS TO RECEIVE THE IDLER ROLLERS'' STUB AXLES SUCH THAT THE IDLER ROLLERS ARE ROTATABLY MOUNTED BETWEEN THE SIDE WALLS; (E) A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL MAIN ACTUATING ROLLER OF ENLARGED DIAMETER WITH RESPECT TO THE IDLER ROLLERS, HAVING A STUB AXLE PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM ONE END THEREOF AND AN ELONGATE AXLE PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM ITS OTHER END; (F) THE CASING REAR SIDE WALL HAVING A CENTRALLY DISPOSED, INWARDLY OPENING BORE THEREIN TO RECEIVE THE ACTUATING ROLLER STUB AXLE AND THE FRONT WALL HAVING A COALIGNED TRANSVERSE OPENING THEREIN TO RECEIVE THE ELONGATE AXLE THERETHROUGH; (G) A TURNING KNOB SECURED TO THE ELONGATE AXLE WHEREBY THE ACTUATING ROLLER IS ADAPTED FOR TURNING; (H) A BELT TRAINED ABOUT THE ROLLERS; (I) TRANSVERSE RIGID SLATS SECURED AT SPACED LOCATIONS ON THE BELT; (J) TRANSVERSE RESILIENT SLATS OVERLYING EACH OF THE RIGID SLATS AND SECURED AT THEIR ENDS TO THE RIGID SLATS WHEREBY HOOKS OF FISHING LURES MAY BE INSERTED BETWEEN THE RESILIENT AND RIGID SLATS WITH THE LURE BODIES SUPPORTED THEREABOVE; AND (K) THE APEX PORTION HAVING AN ACCESS OPENING THEREABOVE ALIGNED VERTICALLY WITH THE ACTUATING ROLLER.