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Smallmouth Replica ( A living Memory Taxidermy)
« on: May 23, 2011, 12:47:54 PM »
Well finally was able to get some pictures of it. I went for more of a Lake erie color, I already have a darker phase washington color.

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Re: Smallmouth Replica
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2011, 12:49:35 PM »
NICE!!!  HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
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Re: Smallmouth Replica
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2011, 01:05:15 PM »
Awesome
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Re: Smallmouth Replica
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2011, 01:23:13 PM »
Quote from: BIGINNER on May 23, 2011, 12:49:35 PM
NICE!!!  HOW DO YOU DO THAT?

Time and lots of it, there is about 16 hours in that fish hand painting every scale you see with 3 different colors of powders...
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Re: Smallmouth Replica
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2011, 01:27:09 PM »
Pretty, Pretty mount!!
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Re: Smallmouth Replica
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2011, 01:41:10 PM »
Quote from: BLKBEARKLR on May 23, 2011, 01:23:13 PM
Quote from: BIGINNER on May 23, 2011, 12:49:35 PM
NICE!!!  HOW DO YOU DO THAT?

Time and lots of it, there is about 16 hours in that fish hand painting every scale you see with 3 different colors of powders...

AWESOME!!!  DEFINATELY SOMETHING IW OULD LIKE TO DO SOMEDAY.  BUT I DOUBT I HAVE THAT KIND OF PATIENCE
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Re: Smallmouth Replica
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2011, 02:04:59 PM »
Nice, you did a great job!
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Re: Smallmouth Replica
« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2011, 07:02:40 PM »
Joe, that looks awesome.  Good job!  John
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Re: Smallmouth Replica
« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2011, 07:47:24 PM »
Nice work!
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Re: Smallmouth Replica
« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2011, 08:04:13 PM »
GREAT JOB!!! Man, I LOVE the color!
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Re: Smallmouth Replica
« Reply #10 on: May 23, 2011, 09:54:37 PM »
Wow!!! that thing looks awsome....great job!!!  Wish my skin mount looked that good
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Re: Smallmouth Replica
« Reply #11 on: May 24, 2011, 02:20:08 PM »
Thanks everyone. It was a long time coming for me to be able to produce something of this quality. I am so glad I took that course learned more in ten days than I could have in ten years by myself.

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Re: Smallmouth Replica
« Reply #12 on: May 24, 2011, 02:24:06 PM »
nice job
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Re: Smallmouth Replica
« Reply #13 on: May 24, 2011, 02:27:21 PM »
Nice bass Joe.
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Re: Smallmouth Replica
« Reply #14 on: May 25, 2011, 08:20:27 AM »
Very cool, do you do skin mounts also?
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Re: Smallmouth Replica
« Reply #15 on: May 25, 2011, 09:07:40 AM »
Joe, love that lake erie look :IBCOOL:
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Re: Smallmouth Replica
« Reply #16 on: May 25, 2011, 04:26:43 PM »
Nice mount Joe! Looks like that class is already paying off. Good job!
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Re: Smallmouth Replica
« Reply #17 on: May 25, 2011, 04:50:41 PM »
Thanks guys, and yes that class is already paying off. So much learned there. Still trying to digest it all....

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Re: Smallmouth Replica
« Reply #18 on: May 28, 2011, 04:48:22 PM »
Man this fish reminds me of childhood...growing up in North Idaho fishing for those suckers... never caught one that big but close... great looking fish again brother...
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Re: Smallmouth Replica
« Reply #19 on: June 18, 2011, 09:47:57 AM »
Bumping this up for Bearpaw to see.


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Re: Smallmouth Replica ( A living Memory Taxidermy)
« Reply #20 on: June 18, 2011, 10:05:06 AM »
It looks great Joe....

I caught a 5 1/4 pounder (scale weight) years ago in southern BC that I am trying to remember the measurements from, I think I wrote them down somewhere if I can find it. It was a lot darker but I could probably find a picture on the internet that looks similar for color. I have pictures too somewhere but with 5 big boxes of photos it could take a week to find the pictures.   :bash:

I was sight fishing in shallow water and threw the spoon right to it, watched it hit as the lure slapped the water, it was awesome. Have always wanted to get a replica of that fish and a few others.
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Re: Smallmouth Replica ( A living Memory Taxidermy)
« Reply #21 on: June 18, 2011, 10:15:29 AM »
Quote from: bearpaw on June 18, 2011, 10:05:06 AM
It looks great Joe....

I caught a 5 1/4 pounder (scale weight) years ago in southern BC that I am trying to remember the measurements from, I think I wrote them down somewhere if I can find it. It was a lot darker but I could probably find a picture on the internet that looks similar for color. I have pictures too somewhere but with 5 big boxes of photos it could take a week to find the pictures.   :bash:

I was sight fishing in shallow water and threw the spoon right to it, watched it hit as the lure slapped the water, it was awesome. Have always wanted to get a replica of that fish and a few others.

Dale,

Being darker is not even a problem. There are a lot of color phases to smallies. That one was painted to look like a Lake Erie smallie, they are more bronze,gold lighter colored than the ones on the west coast.

Where I buy the replicas from they have
left turn 19 x15   5.1 pounds
right turn 20 x15.5  - 5.3 pounds


thanks
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Re: Smallmouth Replica ( A living Memory Taxidermy)
« Reply #22 on: July 28, 2011, 01:44:36 AM »
well if I ever want a fish done I know where I am going. Great work!
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