Post by worcesterjohn on Apr 28, 2011 12:22:14 GMT -4
Thought you guys might like to see some of my fatraps. The one that started it all off for me was a little FR5-SM that my daughter found washed up on the shore of Lake Kulovesi in Finland. We were staying in a beautiful log cabin in the summer on a family holiday a few years back and as we walked along the shore my little girl shouted "Daddy a Rapala! "
There it was rather battered and unloved, with rusted hooks and looking a little sorry for itself. Lake Kulovesi is about 32 miles long so it could have been lost years before. I had my rod with me and Beth my daughter wanted to see if it would still wiggle. So i removed the rusted stumps of hooks and flicked it out. On the third turn of the reel handle we saw a fat perch grab the hookless lure in the crystal clear water. This just had to be a lucky lure!!
I cleaned it up the best i could and put a couple of fresh hooks on, making the front treble a red one, just to pimp it up a little. We must have had over 30 perch on it that week and it's been a favourite ever since.
THE KULOVESI FAT RAP FOUND BY MY DAUGHTER
SOME OTHER FAT RAPS IN MY COLLECTION INCLUDING A COUPLE OF LOVELY OLD FR7-CW'S
THE OLDEST OF THE FR7-CW'S WITH IT'S OLD STYLE BOX
There it was rather battered and unloved, with rusted hooks and looking a little sorry for itself. Lake Kulovesi is about 32 miles long so it could have been lost years before. I had my rod with me and Beth my daughter wanted to see if it would still wiggle. So i removed the rusted stumps of hooks and flicked it out. On the third turn of the reel handle we saw a fat perch grab the hookless lure in the crystal clear water. This just had to be a lucky lure!!
I cleaned it up the best i could and put a couple of fresh hooks on, making the front treble a red one, just to pimp it up a little. We must have had over 30 perch on it that week and it's been a favourite ever since.
THE KULOVESI FAT RAP FOUND BY MY DAUGHTER SOME OTHER FAT RAPS IN MY COLLECTION INCLUDING A COUPLE OF LOVELY OLD FR7-CW'S THE OLDEST OF THE FR7-CW'S WITH IT'S OLD STYLE BOX
My girlfriends dad finds fat raps left and right on the river by my house, which confuses me because I have never seen anyone fish a fat rap on that river in my life.
