rest of the lure by sinking less quickly the elongated tails 402 extend behind the front of the lure and appear to be legs such as crawdad pinchers also by moving at a slightly different speed than the rest of the lure by applying jerking movements to the lure the elongated tails 402 again are able to represent an animal such as a crawdad hopping or swimming in the water when pulled quickly through the water in some embodiments the elongated tails 402 float the acting motion is able to attract fish it is contemplated that other known fishing lure components are able to be included as well less components are also able to be included or excluded such as a configuration including only a hook 102 with one or more elongated tails 402 to utilize the improved fishing lure with elongated tails a user utilizes the lure depending on how he wants the lure to appear after casting the lure if the user wants to have the lure appear as a living animal with the elongated tails trailing behind the user does not reel in for a few seconds if the user wants the lure to appear as a twitching swimming or jumping animal the user periodically.