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Rapala (/ ˈ r æ p ə l ɑː / RAP-ə-lah) [1] is a fishing product manufacturing company based in Finland. It was founded in 1936 by Lauri Rapala, who is credited for creating the world's first floating minnow lure carved from cork with a shoemaker's knife, covered with chocolate candy bar wrappers and melted photography film negatives, for a protective outer coating. [2]
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. He died in 1974 at the age of 69.
Rapala Original Floater in Clown Pattern. 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.
Copper flash (Rapala pheretima petosiris) (Hewitson, [1863]) Myanmar flash (Rapala hades) (de Niceville, 1895) Malayan red flash (Rapala damona) Swinhoe, 1890; Common red flash (Rapala iarbus iarbus) (Fabricius, 1787) Slate flash (Rapala manea schistacea) (Moore, 1879) Scarce shot flash (Rapala scintilla scintilla) de Niceville, 1890
Rapala dieneces, the scarlet flash, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1878. It is found in Myanmar , northern India , Assam , Bengal , Malaya , Singapore , Sumatra , Borneo , Nias and the Philippines .
Rapala alcetas bandatara Fruhstorfer, [1912] Rapala tara ashinensis Murayama & Okamura, 1973 Rapala diopites is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae .
Rapala christopheri is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by David A. Lane and Chris J. Müller in 2006. It was described by David A. Lane and Chris J. Müller in 2006. It is endemic to East Timor .
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