06-06-2008, 09:53 PM
I used to do fish for people quite a bit. In fact that's how I bought my first boat! I used to charge a flat rate, regardless of fish size. I didn't think it was any harder to mount a 25" rainbow than a 19" one, so why should someone have to pay a whole bunch more?
My toughest job was a 45" northern pike that a client caught in Canada and brought me several good photo's. When you start with a rough fiberglass replica mold and have to fill and sand and detail and paint the whole thing.....Whew! I was glad to get that one done fer sure!
I learned how to do it by reading a couple instruction manuals and by destroying a few (of my own) fish.
I still have a couple fish hung up in the Riverdale Sportsman's that I did for Bill Furniss forever ago. I keep a couple in my office that I stuffed to. All skin mounts and going on 12 years old now. They still look as good as the day I finished them.
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My toughest job was a 45" northern pike that a client caught in Canada and brought me several good photo's. When you start with a rough fiberglass replica mold and have to fill and sand and detail and paint the whole thing.....Whew! I was glad to get that one done fer sure!
I learned how to do it by reading a couple instruction manuals and by destroying a few (of my own) fish.
I still have a couple fish hung up in the Riverdale Sportsman's that I did for Bill Furniss forever ago. I keep a couple in my office that I stuffed to. All skin mounts and going on 12 years old now. They still look as good as the day I finished them.
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