The story of what probably is the world's No. 1-fished lure began nearly 80 years ago with a simple observation by Finnish angler Lauri Rapala. In 1936, while fishing the waters of Finland's Lake ...
Joe Babcock, of Manlius, proudly shows a 23-inch, 5.3 pound brown trout he caught on an undisclosed stream in Cortland County on April 5. He said he was using a floating Rapala lure.
More than 80 years ago on the pristine waters of Lake Päijänne in Finland, a fisherman named Lauri watched from his boat as large predatory fish attacked schools of minnows. Time after time, he ...