it’s not easy to find a rapala with good performance these days, there must be some down side to almost every rapala out there minus the exceptionally good ones, either cannot cast well, or cast well action not nice, action nice no distance, cast well distance good but price is sick, etc!
But when it did something great like in this case, it’s disappointing in it’s quality department…
And all the exceptionally good ones, mostly those of yesteryears… are blessed with no-longer-in production kinda rubbish. While the rest i’d like to attribute their quality and performance to their older staff professionalism.
More than half of the new Rapala that i bought need tuning to get a more perfect running action, and have quite a number are actually hopeless in their tuning. Compare to some cheap lures at sub RM20 tat surprise me with their tuning. No wonder the Americans are very frustrated with Rapala as well, as can be seen by their feedback that i’ve read thus far isnt promising at all.
And true to tat, i’ve bought quite a number of americans rapala thru online as well to test. And seriously, those are really crap, not sure bad batch or what, so far the few i’ve tested throughout are not as good as ours(but tat doesnt mean ours are any much better). I’d like to say more than 80% need tuning and almost half are hopeless when it first swim out of the box.
I’m really not into flaming Rapala and it’s not my profession nor do i profess in such activity. But i do feel it’s my every right to express my view and let ppl know my intention. First and foremost, i really love Rapala, it’s almost like our M’sian household name for hard lures. But situation is bout to change by the way things are going about with Rapala these days, i really don’t know what’s wrong.
They increase price, ok, but why the quality are falling behind as in the materials too? If they do not increase price but with the bad quality then it’s still acceptable, or if they increase price with quality increase then it’s amendable in my opinion. But why this? I really hope this would change and Rapala would remain to be the best and forerunner in hard lures just like what they had use to been in the past.
If i said something wrong, then it’s ok i’m sorry. But the fact is there for everyone to see. I hope i did tell out the truth and give constructive advice even if it’ll be ignored like how it had been done for over too long now, but at least i knew i’ve done my best, and others will at least get a better idea of the situation if nothing have been done.
What if i try to be denial about it, and what if i told someone my favourite lure would be Rapala, but the outcome is hardly satisfactory. I do not mind if i been seen as crazy to be a user of Rapala, but Rapala fame and credibility would definitely suffer. What if a beginner use it and swear it’s a pcs of crap, they will definitely never go for it anymore, so do others that come after them, bare in mind Rapala is no longer the only lure brand that’s available in Malaysia like ‘yesteryear’
I only have 13 years of fishing experience, so must beri tunjuk ajar!
