Fish hook including an improved bait guard with a slider

摘要

A bait-saving fish hook includes a rearward eye portion, a shank portion, and a forward hook portion together with a bait guard attached to the eye portion. The bait guard includes an elongated flexible member secured to the eye portion extending forwardly along at last one side of the shank portion, following the curve of the hook portion and extending rearwardly to and in engagement with the barbed point. The bait guard preferably returns correspondingly along the other side of the hook portion to be engaged with the eye portion of the fish hook. A slider can move from adjacent the eye portion to hold bait secured on the hook in place adjacent the barbed point.