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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. During the course of his life, he married once and fathered seven children. [ 1 ] He created one of the first artificial fishing lures in 1936, which later ...
August 14, 2024 at 5:10 PM. By Jody Godoy. (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday finalized a ban on companies knowingly buying or selling fake online reviews, giving the ...
Catfish scam artists probably did a little bit of research, via your online profiles, to find out about you. They may know your favorite movies, TV shows, bands and so on. They’ll likely say ...
NA: April 10, 2007 (X360) [ 3] Genre (s) Sports. Mode (s) Single Player. 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 Wii and Xbox 360 in 2006-2007.
To help combat the problem of romance scams, Zelle teamed up with romance scam expert and host of MTV’s “Catfish,” Nev Schulman, to educate people on how to identify red flags and avoid ...
—AG Henry warns of glasses scams targeting those planning to watch solar eclipse on April 8. The only safe way to look directly at the sun is through special-purpose solar filters such as ...
EU: October 17, 2008. AU: December 3, 2008. Genre (s) Sports. Mode (s) Single-player. Rapala Fishing Frenzy 2009 is a fishing video game developed by Fun Labs. It is the sequel to Rapala Tournament Fishing and was released by Activision for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii on September 2, 2008. [1] The Wii version is known as simply Rapala's ...