Fishing lure

Claim 2

A fishing lure comprising a housing, a light emitting diode mounted thereon, an electrical circuit including a source of electromotive potential within the housing, and means for coupling said circuit with said diode for causing a current to flow therethrough to glow said diode, and said circuit comprising a switch in the form of a compression spring adapted to be threaded with the housing onto a fishing line, and said circuit including a pair of spaced contacts disposed in an open-circuit arrangement, and said spring being optionally positionable in bridging closed circuit arrangement with the contacts or displaced from at least one of the contacts in an open circuit arrangement.

Claim 3

A fishing lure comprising a housing, a light emitting diode mounted thereon, an electic circuit including a source of electromotive potential within the housing, and switching means for coupling said circuit with said diode for causing the current to flow therethrough to glow said diode, and semiconductor impedance means variable from low impedance to high impedance for controlling the amount of current flowing through said light-emitting diode in order to control the brightness thereof, said semiconductor impedance means consisting of a transistor having an emitter and collector in series with said source of electromotive potential, a series arranged resistance and photocell connected in parallel with said impedance means and said impedance means being connected between said source of electromotive potential and said light-emitting diode, and said transistor having a base connected between said resistance and said photocell.

Claim 4

A fishing lure comprising a housing, a light emitting diode mounted thereon, an electic circuit including a source of electromotive potential within the housing, and switching means for coupling said circuit with said diode for causing the current to flow therethrough to glow said diode, and semiconductor impedance means variable from low impedance to high impedance for controlling the amount of current flowing through said light-emitting diode in order to control the brightness thereof, said semiconductor impedance means consisting of a transistor having an emitter and collector in series with said source of electromotive potential, a series arranged resistance and photocell connected in parallel with said impedance means and said impedance means being connected between said source of electromotive potential and said light-emitting diode, and said transistor having a base connected between said resistance and said photocell.

Claim 5

The invention according to claim 2 and said circuit having components hermetically sealed in the housing and including an externally exposed mounting for said photocell embedded in said housing.

Claim 6

The invention according to claim 2 and said housing hermetically sealing the circuit components and comprising a longitudinal bore for admitting a fishing line therethrough for connection at one end of the housing to hook means.

Claim 7

The invention according to claim 4 and a fly having a carrier sleeved on the line in abutment with the forward end of the housing, and a tuft connected to the carrier and draped about the housing in concealing relation thereto.