The Rapala Story
I am not sponsored by anyone other than the Nebraska Game & Parks Commission for whom I work. However, I will tell you about things that work well for me and products that I have found useful. I am guessing most anglers already have at least a few Rapala products in their tackle boxes. I found this video on Rapala’s website, http://www.rapala.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-rapala-Site/default/Home-Show?id=1, and thought it was worth sharing.
There, if you watched that, now you at least know the proper pronunciation of “Rapala”.
I can tell you one thing that ole Lauri Rapala figured out years ago, and it has to do with this, http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/blogs/2011/04/feel-now/ (wink). That is one reason I am a huge fan of Rapala lures.
For some reason, I have saved all the boxes from the Rapala lures I have purchased over the years. Looks like I should have enrolled in some sort of "buy 10, get one free program".
I love their baits but they need to reintroduce the husky floater, had more meat than #18 floater, just my opinion but I thought that was one heck of a bait. They had weak lips but man they had great action. I think competition has made Rapala change some things to much in their line of baits. How many shad rap copies are there anyway? They started the craze, I just hope the traditional baits stick around for awhile.