to hook shaft section 105 so that barb 106 is embedded in section 121 in addition section 120 has been pierced by the hook point and threaded onto hook shaft section 101 so that the point and barb of the hook are protected by section 120 fig1 shows that the abutting end of stay piece 107 has been moved up to hook shaft section 104 and presses against an outside surface of soft bait section 121 fig1 shows an alternate embodiment of the invention stay pieces stay piece 122 is threaded onto shaft section 102 before the step of pressing soft bait section 120 onto hook shaft section 101 when soft bait section 120 is pressed onto hook shaft section 101 an abutting end of stay piece 122 is moved back up the hook 39 s shaft to hook shaft section 101 stay piece is moved close to or adjacent to an outside surface of soft bait section 120 so that section 120 cannot easily pass down hook shaft section 101 to section 102 and leave the hook 39 s point unprotected fig1 shows the first step in embedding a stay piece 107 within a portion of a soft bait fig1 shows where stay piece 107 is located during use of the combination fig1 shows that stay piece 107 has been moved to hook shaft section 105 near barb 106 and that soft bait section is adjacent to the threadable end of stay piece 107 fig1 shows that after the step of fig1 the soft bait section 121 has been moved to embed barb 106 and stay piece 107 fig1 and 19 show hooks that have two stay pieces with their abutting ends bracketing a soft bait on a hook shaft fig1 and 19.