Fishing lure

Claim 1

A FISHING LURE MOUNTABLE ON AN ANGLING LINE, COMPRISING AN ELONGATED BODY HAVING AT LEAST ONE INWARDLY DEFORMABLE PORTION; AT LEAST ONE HOOK SECURED DIRECTLY TO SAID LINE; RELEASABLY RETAINING MEANS IN SAID BODY CONNECTABLE WITH HOOK FOR HOLDING SAID HOOK PROXIMAL TO SAID BODY, SAID RETAINING MEANS INCLUDING A ROD EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY IN SAID BODY AND LONGITUDINALLY DISPLACEABLE THEREIN BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION WHEREIN AN EXTREMITY OF SAID ROD EMERGES FROM SAID BODY AND A SECOND POSITION WHEREIN SAID EXTREMITY IS WITH DRAWN INTO SAID BODY, AND A SPRING BIASING SAID ROD INTO SAID SECOND POSITION, SAID HOOK BEING DISPOSED WHOLLY EXTERNALLY OF SAID BODY, LOOP AFFIXED TO SAID HOOK AND RELEASABLY ENGAGEABLY WITH SAID EXTREMITY IN SAID FIRST POSITION OF SAID ROD; AND COUPLING MEANS WITHIN SAID BODY TRIGGERABLE BY SAID DEFORMABLE PORTION FOR ACTUATING SAID RETAINING MEANS TO RELEASE SAID HOOK THEREFROM AND PERMIT SAID HOOK TO BE DRAWN AWAY FROM SAID BODY.