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Post by jszymczyk on Aug 9, 2015 11:35:20 GMT -4
does anyone know what year Rapala introduced the Rainbow Trout pattern on the Original Floating minnow? I have an F7 which I know I bought sometime in the early or mid 80's. It has the copper split rings and the words "Original Rapala Floating Finland" molded into the bill. Over the years I've caught many nice bass and walleyes on it, and I want to retire it before I lose it! It seems in my memory this was maybe the first pattern I had other than the standard Silver, Gold, and Perch.
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Post by montiac1 on Aug 9, 2015 23:24:15 GMT -4
I have documentation the F-7 RT were definitely made in 1987, but that's as far back as I've got.
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Post by jszymczyk on Aug 10, 2015 5:45:42 GMT -4
Thanks!
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Post by Jason on Aug 16, 2015 18:27:41 GMT -4
To my knowledge 1980 was the first year of the Rainbow trout pattern. And it came on the Original Floater.
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Post by jszymczyk on Aug 23, 2015 18:06:18 GMT -4
thanks Jason- I seem to remember I had this particular lure in 1985... Luckily last week I found a couple new F7 RTs on the shelf in a store and I bought them. The old one is retired.
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