Rapala continues to innovate in the hard body lure market. Taking elements from one of the most productive lures of al time, the Rapala Original Floater, and blending it with features from the X-Rap series of baits. Taking a balsa wood core and surrounding it with plastic creates a bait with the movement of a balsa bait, and durability of a hard plastic bait. Here is what Rapala pro Dan Risorto has to say about the new line of lures.