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North American Fishing has lost a hero! #308341 10/03/12 07:24 PM
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,706 Hampshire Co., WV catmandoo OP Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker
OP catmandoo Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 5,706 Hampshire Co., WV	I saw that an old neighbor, and a real fishing hero, passed away in the last couple of days. Ron Weber Ron Weber talked Lauri Rapala into letting him produce and sell his Finnish products in the US. Lauri, who remained in Finnland, was a relative to my grandmother. Ron and his wife's cabin on the Brule River is very near to several of counsins' homes, and very close to where my Finn grandparents homesteaded near the Brule, on the south shore of Lake Superior. I met Ron a number of times as a teenager and in my early 20s. In those days, there was an outfitter in Duluth, named Rocky Teller, who owned a sporting goods store and who did a weekly TV fishing show. I guess I was about 10 or 11 when I was introduced to the Rapala knife through Rocky Teller. About that time, we started using the original Rapala lures. It was through Rocky Teller and Ron Weber, in Rocky's store, that I learned how to quickly filet and skin virtually any fish, even a Northern Pike. R.I.P Mr. Weber. Condolences to Mary Ann and family. Subscribe to Pond Boss Magazine Peculiar Friends are Better than No Friends at All!

Re: North American Fishing has lost a hero! catmandoo #308381 10/04/12 08:24 AM
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 24,909 Likes: 59 Grovertown, Indiana esshup Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker
esshup Moderator Ambassador Field Correspondent Lunker Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 24,909 Likes: 59 Grovertown, Indiana	The Original Rapala lures are the ones that I remember having the most success with. Floating silver/black, roughly 2 1/2" to 3" long. R.I.P. Mr Weber! www.hoosierpondpros.com http://www.pondboss.com/subscribe.asp?c=4 3/4 to 1 1/4 ac pond LMB, SMB, PS, BG, RES, CC, YP, Bardello BG, (RBT & Blue Tilapia - seasonal).

Re: North American Fishing has lost a hero! catmandoo #308386 10/04/12 08:45 AM
Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 904 Central IL dlowrance
dlowrance Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 904 Central IL	Rapala lures are still today one of my most fished lure varieties...and I have several of the filet knives. RIP Dale "When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water." - anonymous

Re: North American Fishing has lost a hero! esshup #308398 10/04/12 10:12 AM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 20,043 Northeastern Indiana Cecil Baird1 Hall of Fame Lunker
Cecil Baird1 Hall of Fame Lunker Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 20,043 Northeastern Indiana	Originally Posted By: esshup The Original Rapala lures are the ones that I remember having the most success with. Floating silver/black, roughly 2 1/2" to 3" long. R.I.P. Mr Weber! Same here! If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.

Re: North American Fishing has lost a hero! catmandoo #308406 10/04/12 02:12 PM
Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,567 Likes: 5 Minnesota Dwight Administrator Lunker
Dwight Administrator Lunker Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,567 Likes: 5 Minnesota	I still have a bunch of the original lures and several are covered with NP and WE teeth holes. RIP.... Life is Good on Bremer Pond Bremer Pond Weather

Re: North American Fishing has lost a hero! Dwight #308411 10/04/12 03:05 PM
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JKB Hall of Fame 2015 Lunker J Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 6,692 Michigan	Best thing for WE!

Re: North American Fishing has lost a hero! catmandoo #308414 10/04/12 05:09 PM
Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 20,043 Northeastern Indiana Cecil Baird1 Hall of Fame Lunker
Cecil Baird1 Hall of Fame Lunker Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 20,043 Northeastern Indiana	I used the traditional floating ones starting when I was about 10 years old which would have been in 1967. They were killer on bass. On a funny note I was trying to catch 12 inch brook trout on the ones that were about 4 inches in length on a little lake in Massachusetts. The trout would come up and nip on them but I couldn't catch them. The water was so clear I could see the trout. It finally dawned on me they were too big for the trout and I started to use live bait and started catching them. What can I say? I was only 10 years old and fishing by myself. Last edited by Cecil Baird1; 10/04/12 05:10 PM. If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.

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