摘要 |
An improved fishing lure used for bait casting including artificial baits and leaders. The fishing lure comprises a wire body that may be formed of a superelastic alloy comprising not greater than about 20% nickel and about 30% chromium, the remainder being titanium, or a semielastic alloy exemplified by an alloy comprising from about 45 to about 49% nickel, not more than about 45% titanium, and about 8% to about 10% of one or more other metals, which may include copper (about 5.5 to about 7.5%), iron (about 1 to about 3%) and chromium (less than about 2%). The wire body may have a bight and engaging divergent legs which extend from the bight. Preferably, the bight is in a generally R-shaped configuration. In one embodiment, the invention provides a fishing lure having a shape memory alloy wire body having contacting, generally flat wire surfaces to provide more rigidity to the lure, thus improving lure performance.
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