The man how come with the idea for Rapala lure is Lauri Rapala, he started making the Rapala lure in 1936. Lauri Rapala was born in 1905 and died in 1974, Lauri Rapala was born in Finland.
Lauri Rapala was born in 1905 November 27 and as the story is told, the birth was an accident. He was burn out of wedlock to Maria Eerikintytar. Lauri Rapala was born on an island in lake Paijanne, the largest lake in Central finland and part of the Sysma Parish, in the village of Rapala. Lauri never met his father, but story says his father name was Kalle Sten. Times where hard for them his mother did find work it usually was as a maid or domestic help, and that was how she was able to take care of them both.
Lauri Rapala was called up to military service on September 11th in 1925 and finished his military service on September 3rd of 1926. He served as an infantry soldier and was stationed in the army barracks at Kouvola some 37 miles east of Lahti. When his service was over, he returned to live with his mother on the tommola farm in Sarkijarvi.
When Lauri was living with his mother a young lady came to work on the farm by the name of Elma Leppanen. The young lady was...