Scatter Tail Dancer
In 1905, located in central Finland on a small island on Lake Paijanne was the birth place of Lauri Rapala. A mire 31 years later was the birth of legendary fishing lure 11cm Rapala. In 1949, Lauri begin manufacturing lurers as the business took off to the production level. By 1960, it was time for the Rapala lures to set up distribution in the US. The first order of 1000 lures that were ordered in February and sold out by April. A second order was placed for 2040 lures. Orders kept coming in as the tackle company grew. The lures were sold at a retail price of $1.95. Sales continued to grow. By 1968, Rapala reported having a staff of 100 employees and total sales for the year were $2,050,066.
In 2000, Rapala introduced the Tail Dancer. The Tail Dancer Ted-09 was a 3 1/2″ lure made of balsa wood with a banana shaped body. The Ted-09 had a long swimming lip that allowed the lure to dive 15 feet and still maintain its action at slow speeds. The stop-and-go technique worked great on this lure. During the “stop” the lure floats up for a few inches and on the “go” it dives down with a wide swimming action.This was one of my go to lures back in the early 2000s
This bring us to present times and Rapala is introducing a new twist one of my favorite lures. Say hello to the Rapala Scatter Tail Dancer. Rapalas new lure features the scatter lip. The cupped lip allows the Scatter Tail Dancer to perfectly imitate a baitfish when it is pursued, triggering the instincts engrained in the DNA of a predator fish to eat.
I couldn’t wait to give this lure a try. I had a trip planned to Pyramid Lake in Nevada and I thought the cutthroat trout would find the scatter tail dancer tempting . I was right! After two or three minutes, I landed my first cutty, a beautiful 7 pound trout. A few minutes later I had another on my new lure.
The scatter lip.
Color: golden Alburuns
Color: black and gold
Banana body
Classic vs new
I’m very happy with the action of Rapala’s Scatter Rap series of lures. The scatter family includes the minnow, rap, shad, crank, countdown, jointed, and my favorite, the new tail dancer.
Brad Stout
