>you seem to know alot about the tripple trouts, i was
>wondering if you know about the rat, ive got 2 a large and a
>small i think, but they dont have the swivel for the hooks
>like the tripple trouts. Why is this?

The Nezumaa Rat was carved by Mr. Mabuchi and myself, here in Japan. The first 100 pieces were made without swivels; some of those were sold in the USA at Performance Tackle. We never marketed a 'Small' size, just 'm' 'L' and xL.

The very first few did not even have ears. The ears were actually molded from modeling clay and put on the prototype ON THE WATER while were were fishing big baits on Lake Perris one day in a Champion 203.

I hope you are catching fish on your baits.

:-)