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  PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  EELATrNG 
  TO 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  999 
  

  

  rigidly 
  secured 
  thereto 
  and 
  embracing 
  the 
  rod 
  upon 
  which 
  the 
  spoon 
  

   revolves, 
  and 
  having 
  spiral 
  springs 
  surrounding 
  the 
  guide 
  between 
  the 
  

   spoon 
  and 
  rod. 
  In 
  such 
  construction 
  the 
  U" 
  slia 
  Ped 
  guide, 
  which 
  pro- 
  

   jects 
  from 
  the 
  rod, 
  is 
  apt 
  to 
  catch 
  upon 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  boat 
  or 
  elsewhere 
  

   and 
  become 
  bent 
  or 
  broken. 
  Again, 
  spoons 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  with 
  a 
  

   wire 
  secured 
  at 
  the 
  botton 
  of 
  the 
  spoon 
  and 
  extending 
  in 
  a 
  curve 
  down- 
  

   ward 
  to 
  the 
  rod, 
  and 
  there 
  loosely 
  secured 
  by 
  an 
  eye 
  in 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   wire. 
  This 
  form 
  of 
  spoon-bait, 
  like 
  the 
  other 
  just 
  described, 
  is 
  liable 
  to 
  

   catch 
  upon 
  objects 
  with 
  which 
  it 
  comes 
  in 
  contact. 
  To 
  avoid 
  the 
  dif- 
  

   ficulty, 
  the 
  spoon 
  is 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  wire 
  spring, 
  located 
  near 
  the 
  top, 
  

   or 
  where 
  the 
  spoon 
  is 
  loosely 
  secured 
  to 
  the 
  rod 
  upon 
  which 
  it 
  revolves. 
  

   The 
  spring 
  is 
  provided 
  at 
  a 
  point 
  near 
  the 
  spoon 
  with 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  spiral 
  

   turns 
  to 
  give 
  it 
  the 
  proper 
  degree 
  of 
  elasticity. 
  By 
  locating 
  the 
  spring 
  

   at 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  spoon 
  it 
  is 
  entirely 
  protected 
  by 
  the 
  spoon 
  from 
  

   being 
  torn 
  away 
  or 
  damaged. 
  

  

  CLAIM. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  combination, 
  with 
  the 
  rod 
  a 
  and 
  the 
  spoon 
  d 
  provided 
  with 
  the 
  

   eye 
  d', 
  of 
  the 
  spring 
  e, 
  having 
  the 
  spiral 
  turn 
  or 
  turns 
  e 
  2 
  , 
  and 
  the 
  eye 
  c 
  3 
  , 
  

   the 
  spring 
  e 
  being 
  located 
  near 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  spoon 
  and 
  being 
  rigidly 
  at- 
  

   tached 
  to 
  the 
  spoon 
  at 
  one 
  end, 
  and 
  working 
  loosely 
  upon 
  the 
  rod 
  a 
  at 
  

   the 
  other 
  end, 
  substantially 
  as 
  shown 
  and 
  described." 
  

  

  No. 
  261194. 
  

  

  (Lewis 
  C. 
  Wylly, 
  Patterson, 
  Ga. 
  ; 
  patented 
  July 
  18, 
  1882; 
  troll 
  ing-spoon. 
  See 
  Plate 
  

  

  XXVIII.) 
  

  

  This 
  invention 
  relates 
  to 
  that 
  class 
  of 
  baits 
  or 
  decoys, 
  used 
  by 
  fisher- 
  

   men, 
  known 
  as 
  " 
  spinning 
  baits 
  " 
  and 
  trolling-spoons." 
  Ordinarily 
  spin- 
  

   ners 
  have 
  had 
  the 
  hooks 
  upon 
  which 
  the 
  fish 
  are 
  caught 
  arranged 
  at 
  

   some 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  spinning 
  spoon. 
  Here 
  the 
  hooks 
  are 
  placed 
  

   directly 
  upon 
  the 
  spoon, 
  which 
  is 
  screw 
  or 
  scroll-shaped, 
  or 
  auger- 
  

   curved, 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  piece 
  of 
  metal 
  tapering 
  at 
  the 
  ends, 
  with 
  the 
  

   barbs 
  above 
  the 
  lower 
  end. 
  A 
  shackle-link 
  is 
  fastened 
  at 
  its 
  lower 
  ends 
  

   directly 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  spoon 
  and 
  receives 
  a 
  swivel 
  to 
  which 
  

   the 
  line 
  is 
  attached. 
  

  

  CLAIMS. 
  

  

  il 
  1. 
  In 
  trolling 
  baits, 
  the 
  spinner 
  A, 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  piece 
  of 
  

   metal 
  of 
  elongated 
  screw 
  form, 
  and 
  having 
  taper 
  or 
  convex 
  ends, 
  sub 
  

   stantially 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  set 
  forth. 
  

  

  " 
  2. 
  The 
  elongated 
  screw 
  spinner 
  A, 
  having 
  hooks 
  B 
  rigidly 
  secured 
  to 
  

   the 
  faces 
  of 
  said 
  screw 
  at 
  equidistant 
  intervals, 
  substantially 
  as 
  and 
  for 
  

   the 
  purpose 
  set 
  forth." 
  

  

  