Magmaster just to set things straight. Matsamoto came out to California and fished and video taped with Jerry Rago, Mike Long and myself in Feb. of 2005 and I got to fish the slide jack and the spooky jack prototypes then. It first came out with the fish tail like the monster jack and then he asked Jerry about putting the fork tail that Jerry puts on his Generic Trout and it worked better. He had the idea before the Deps silent compass came out. I get 4 Japanese fishing magazines, Lure, Bass World, Basser and Rod & Reel and the slide jack was shown before the silent compass.
David