Original Floater
A wobbler lure modeled after Lauri Rapala's 1936 prototype.
The Original Floater, a wobbler fishing lure from Rapala, traces back to founder Lauri Rapala’s 1936 creation in Finland. That first version used cork, tinfoil, and melted film negatives. It swims with a wounded baitfish wobble, inspired by Rapala’s boyhood observations of minnows. Now made in seven sizes and fourteen colors, it is Rapala’s top seller and possibly the world’s best-selling lure.
Quick Facts
- Inventor
- Lauri Rapala
- Year of creation
- 1936
- Country of origin
- Finland
- Original materials
- cork, tinfoil, melted film negatives
- Current sizes
- 7
- Type
- wobbler fishing lure
Facts from the source article.
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