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Company history 1930–1950s: A family business. Rapala was founded in 1936 by Lauri Rapala. After having observed the habits of pike, Rapala noted that the fish would often target the slower and off-balanced prey fish. This observation led to the creation of the first Rapala lure, The Original.
Lauri Rapala (1905–1974) was a Finnish fisherman, inventor and the founder of Rapala-Normark Group, the world's largest fishing lure and tackle producer. He died in 1974 at the age of 69. During the course of his life, he married once and fathered seven children.
The Original Floater is a wobbler type of fishing lure, manufactured by Rapala. It is modeled after the first lure created by founder Lauri Rapala , in Finland in 1936. That prototype was made of cork wrapped in tinfoil and covered in melted film negatives as a cheap alternative to lacquer .
Perca notata Rafinesque, 1818. Perca acuta Cuvier, 1828. The yellow perch ( Perca flavescens ), commonly referred to as perch, striped perch or preacher is a freshwater perciform fish native to much of North America. The yellow perch was described in 1814 by Samuel Latham Mitchill from New York.
The American or Atlantic shad (A. sapidissima) is a valued food fish. Shad populations An American shad is measured during a survey at the Holyoke Dam fish ladder, circa 1970. Declines in the Atlantic coast shad population were documented as early as the turn of the 20th century.
A typical spoon lure, with a treble hook. A collection of spoon lures, some with spinner blades. In sport fishing, a spoon lure is a fishing lure usually made of lustrous metal and with an oblong, usually concave shape like the bowl of a spoon. The spoon lure is mainly used to attract predatory fish by specular reflection of light, as well as ...
Perch is a common name for freshwater fish from the genus Perca, which belongs to the family Percidae of the large order Perciformes. The name comes from Greek: πέρκη, romanized : perke, meaning the type species of this genus, the European perch ( P. fluviatilis ). Many species of freshwater game fish more or less resemble perch, but ...
Rapala Tournament Fishing is a fishing video game developed by Fun Labs and Magic Wand Productions and sponsored by Rapala. It was released by Activision on the Xbox 360 and Wii in November 2006 in the US and in March 2007 in the PAL region. The game received negative reviews.
Genus: Rapala. Species: R. varuna. Binomial name. Rapala varuna. ( Hewitson, 1863) Rapala varuna, the indigo flash, [1] [2] is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm. [1] [2] [3]
Rapala manea. Rapala manea, slate flash, [2] [1] is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in most of the Indomalayan realm (excluding Taiwan ). [2] [1] The wingspan is 24–26 mm. [3] Adult males have dark brown wings with a hint of purple on the cell area of the wings. The underside is greyish brown with two irregular bands.