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October 23, 2014
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We will start this week off with a flat head catfish repro.
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May 6, 2012
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custom molded and cast Blue Fin Tuna
April 19, 2016
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Original mold and 20+ yr-old cast of 10.5-inch bluegill from when we had our Fish Clones business. Knocking about the garage since at least 1996, it had failed QC and became a “second” because the fins were too thick. Actually, by many of today’s standards, it was no thicker than average, but… we made another for the customer, and this went into the “seconds box.” I spent some time thinning the fins with a wood rasp, until they were acceptable, and worked him up. The frame is courtesy of the wife (Hobby Lobby) as is the material for the background. For my second attempt at painting a fish in over 20 years, and the first reproduction in as long, I think it came out decent.
(Coming soon 23-inch brown, 28-inch chum salmon, 41-inch king salmon.)
April 19, 2016
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King Salmon caught June 27, 1989 in the Deshka River, Alaska. Brenda and I both caught kings this size with Steve Perrins, now of Rainy Pass Lodge, but I painted it similar to the later run kings from the Unalakleet River that we caught the following week, at Lynn Castle’s Unalakleet River Lodge. This is a transition from the silver ocean phase to the dark red spawning phase I am partial to.
I should have taken a before and after pic, because I had to rebuild the tail, and do a lot of work on another “second”. No, I do not hand-tip every scale. To me, competition has moved us from trying to emulate God’s creatures to trying to improve on them.
The color variation is the second is with a flash, while the first is with ambient sunlight. Now to hang him on the wall.
This is also the first king salmon I have painted since 1995, so don’t judge too harshly.
September 26, 2011
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That Blue fin is awesome Marshy !!
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