Westbrook — Four years ago, Greg Myerson received a form from ABC's "Shark Tank." Thinking nothing of it, he left it on his kitchen table, where it stayed until a friend urged him to fill it out.

"Shark Tank" is a show broadcast on ABC in which entrepreneurs have the opportunity to pitch their company or product to successful business people, or "sharks," in the hopes of receiving an investment. The sharks are Kevin O'Leary, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, Barbara Corcoran, Mark Cuban, Lori Greiner and Kevin Harrington.

So Myerson filled out the form and sent it back to ABC four years ago.

He didn't hear back from the network until February 2014. And it wasn't until this month that he learned his pitch to the sharks would be included in an episode scheduled to air May 1.

"It was terrifying, but my biggest fear wasn't whether I got a deal or not, it was whether I looked like a jerk or not," Myerson said.

ABC confirmed that Myerson will appear in episode 626, which will air May 1 at 8 p.m. Due to contracts with the network, Myerson couldn't reveal the outcome of his pitch to the sharks before the episode airs.

Myerson owns World Record Striper Co. By day, he's an electrician for the state Department of Transportation. The North Haven native holds four world records and has won numerous fishing competitions. Myerson is also the inventor of the "rattlesinker," a lure that includes a rattle that mimics the sound of various crustaceans.

To create the sound, Myerson filled a 200-gallon tank with granite rocks and water. He placed lobsters in the tank and used an underwater microphone to record the sounds.

The patented rattle consists of a small glass tube, with three or four metal ball bearings inside. The rattles are placed into hollow sinkers made of lead and vary in size and color.

A year ago, Myerson was creating the lures by hand in his shed. Since then, he's moved his company and the manufacturing to a warehouse at 54 Old Boston Post Road in Westbrook. The new building is next to the water, close to marinas and Bill's Seafood.

The company grew to eight employees, some who help with manufacturing and others who work on the website and paperwork. On Wednesday evening, Myerson and a staff member were putting together an order of rattlesinkers. Shelves along the warehouse included packaged rattlesinkers, while a workbench in the middle of the floor contained the components to assemble the product. As he sifted through a box of thousands of glass rattles, Myerson said everything is still assembled by hand.

"We're just building inventory," Myerson said. "We're expecting a lot of orders when the episode airs."

It was a long process for Myerson to make it to the "Shark Tank" set at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California.

"I was working with the DOT on a job. I was in Bridgeport, directing traffic in the middle of February (2014) when I got an email from them saying they'd like to talk," Myerson said. "I put down some cones to take my place in the street and I immediately jumped in the truck and called them."

Myerson received an email later that night and was asked to submit a video to the show's associate producer. He and a business partner recorded the video in the company's Westbrook location.

"We didn't hear anything for three months," he said.

While Myerson was communicating with the show's staff, a film crew wanted to feature him in an eight-episode reality TV show for another cable network. If he signed a contract with one cable network, however, the other would walk away.

Because he didn't hear from ABC after sending in his video, Myerson said, he was prepared to sign the contract for the TV show in June 2014.

"I heard I got an email on my phone and it was from ABC," he said. "They said, 'We just watched your video. We love it; we think you're great.' "

Myerson shipped his products to Sony Pictures Studios. Shortly after, he received his airplane tickets. He flew to California in September with his college roommate.

"There was still no guarantee I'd be on the show. I still had to pitch to the head producers. I had to sell to them that I'd be good enough to be on the show," he said. "They told me to go back to the hotel and someone would let me know if I'd be on the next flight out of here or pitching to the sharks next Tuesday."

When he was told he'd get to pitch to the sharks, Myerson's brother, Dave, who is the senior director of global finance process innovation and shared services at Nike, flew to California from Portland, Oregon.

"He drilled me on the numbers," Myerson said. "He drilled into me what I'd need to be prepared for. I was terrified."

Myerson was a part of the last group of entrepreneurs to pitch to the sharks for 2014. He sat in the dressing room at Sony Pictures Studios before being picked up to go to the set to arrange his display for his pitch.

"There's a shield separating the sharks from the display," he said. "But I was there telling the stage crew how I wanted it to look."

He then waited in the room outside where the sharks were sitting and waiting. He fist-bumped some of the stage crew and he began walking down the hallway as the famous double doors of the shark tank opened.

"I walked down and I saw Mark Cuban, Daymond John, Mr. Wonderful, Lori Greiner and Robert Herjavec," Myerson said, smiling.

His pitch lasted three minutes and he spent the rest of the time answering questions, which could last up to an hour for a much shorter televised segment. When asked what he valued his company at, Myerson said he couldn't say.

"My company was just an idea. I really didn't have much sales," he said. "I started with nothing and I couldn't value it with a huge price because they'd throw me out of there."

Myerson admitted he was nervous when he began his pitch, but he said he became more at ease as time went on.

"Once we broke the ice and I talked to each of them, I wasn't nervous at all," he said. "They're all people and we were even joking around."

When he looked at the lineup of products Wednesday, Myerson said he never expected it to be so popular. Stephen Hoag, of the Wallingford Education Association, nominated Myerson last year as part of the annual distinguished alumni dinner. To Hoag, Myerson's success isn't surprising.

"He is the reincarnation of the most interesting man in the world," he said. "... He's the things legends are made out of."

Hoag added that Myerson's success derives from the things he enjoys doing. Whether it's working for the DOT or inventing the rattlesinker, "he finds an equal fulfillment with the things he chooses to do."

While his company is in Westbrook, Myerson said he remains loyal to Wallingford.

"One of the things I was the most happiest doing is when I walked in there. I was so proud to say that I was from Wallingford, Connecticut, when I walked into the tank," he said. "That, to me, is great. That's a great thing for the town and that was probably one of my proudest moments to be able to say that."

Although he couldn't disclose the outcome of his pitch, Myerson admitted he was open to working with any of the sharks. He also said he was hoping to strike a deal with a particular shark. When asked which shark, Myerson leaned back in his chair in his office and laughed.

"No, no, I can't tell you that."