I've only used this thing once, and it was in a strong wind from the bank, but to me it didn't look like it had any better action than a jitterbug.  Maybe not even as good as a jitterbug.  This thing produce good for anybody?

Can 't tell, I 've got several Turbuleance and Parahatch but never fished them, they are so expensive and hard to find that I only have them as collectibles, for the ooohh 's and ahhhh 's my pals say when they see them ( food for the ego  ).

Yea, I had to have mine shipped from Japan, very expensive.  Maybe I shouldn't have used mine either, just thought it was so unique that it may have given me some kind of advantage.  Well at least I still have it in it's original box.

The truth is that with certain Japanese baits like those topwaters I don 't see any extra edge over more conventional run of the mill baits like the Jitterbug, let 's face it, yeah they are strange, odd, rare but baits like the Jitterbug have a very long history of being productive, here 's another pretty jitterbugesque bait I 've got from Lucky Craft, got several and they are beautiful, don 't fish them either, what for ? got several older than dirt Jitterbugs that still catch fish:

Lucky Craft Waterbug

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lucky-Craft-Top-Water-Bait-Water-Bug-Tamamushi-/350327557682?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5191264e32

Makes sense, thanks for the input and the pic.