Lauri Rapala whittled his first cork fishing lure in 1936. Since then, the company started by a fisherman in Finald has become one of the largest manufacturers of fishing lures in the world. Vintage Rapala fishing lures are found in some of the best collections.
According to a company legend, Lauri Rapala caught 600 pounds of fish a day with his new fishing lure. Of course, you know how legends are...a lot of them are just fish stories.
