Rarest Fat Raps - FR-7

[montiac1]

The birth of a legend! The Fat Rap was introduced in 1977 in two sizes, 5 cm and 7 cm.

Fat Rap FR-7
A larger Fat Rap at 7 cm (2 3/4") and 1/2 oz. They have two No. 3 hooks and a running depth of around 6-16 ft. Introduced in 1977, they were initially discontinued sometime after 2001. A limited edition of 12 colors was released in 2009.

Candidates:
G, CW, GFR P, S - black oval label. I didn't really want to go down the road of considering different boxes, but these are different enough, I thought I'd include them. There is also an FR-7 B and SFC with the oval label, with B being the most uncommon of those two, but I've never seen any of these other colors with the oval labels other than the ones in my collection.
?FT (Fire Tiger) - 1st generation; original pattern with chartreuse lip. Does this one exist in FR-7? I have never seen one, although RFR-7 was available with chartreuse lip.
P (Perch) - gold belly
PW (Pearl White) - Finland - haven't seen one in original box
RB (Rainbow Trout) - not sure if these our out there in sealed boxes...I've never seen one with a hang tag, anyway.

The Winner:
Gonna go with the G, CW, GFR P, S - black oval label...I imagine there will be other opinions.




Thoughts???

[jmcfish10101973]

hi all

these are 3 you do not see much of



golden sfc



pearl white bleeding



special in rainbow trout

john

[montiac1]

Thought I would post this picture for fun...

[Jason]

There are a hand full out there still in the correct box. But not many that Ive seen.

[jmcfish10101973]

hi all

this is very rare





rapala fr-7 in special silver blue none-scaled 2 tone

1 side is gold
1 side is silver

john

[jmcfish10101973]

hi all

this is one you do not see much of any more



rapala fr-7 in

sd with orange belly

john

[Ralapa]

Hi!
Where u guys buying Rapala Fat Rap FR 7, I can not find any web pages that this would sell. Please help me if u know (Not amazon or Ebay)

[montiac1]

I don't think FR-7 are currently available for sale anywhere (other than places like Amazon or eBay). There was a limited edition available in Asia in 2009, and it wouldn't surprise me to see them come back again in a limited non-US release in the future.

Places like Cabela's still have FR-5 available in four colors.

Good luck! Please let me know if you find any.

[cdj711]

well.
as Derek said, no official dealer site, we have a few shops here which may have left some old stock.
i was collecting these for a while and got quite a few regular colors around here.
i also sold a batch of "over-collected" some time ago, a few of the new asia edition FR-7 still here,
maybe also some older ones. there should be shops in THAILAND still selling these, the only problem is, even if you find one which would ship to you, they have serious political problems at the moment, so it will be quite tough to get anything out there right now.
and there is not only FR7, you can find also some very nice new edition FR5 there.
best,
wolfgang

[jmcfish10101973]

hi all

I just found this special or proto-type color of crawdad



john