Behind the scenes -rainbow trout reproduction mount

[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

Today I worked on this trout mount. It was caught by a young kid, and is his birthday gift at the end of the month from his father.

 

This was the photo provided that I'm trying to match the reproduction colors to.

 

 

Here are some photos through the process from a white blank to the finished product.

 

 

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[Buck154]

Cool

[Joeybeets]

Very interesting nice work.

[BowhunterNJ]

Wow that is cool, nice job!

 

 

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[Shootemandmountem]

as always Jay, great job!

[MightyOak]

You better hurry and release that in your pond .Looks great jay

 

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[rackemup]

Very Cool!!! True Artwork!!!!

[Rusty]

Great work Jay.  

[kmtpr]

Cool pics! Looks Great! Congrats to the young fisherman. :up:

[Kype]

awesome job  

[Live to Hunt]

Nice but I thought Rusty cut that tree down?

[Bucksnbows]

Jay, out of curiosity, in what increments do the mounts come in for replicas?  By the inch or other?  And is length alone with a picture good enough or do you need the girth measurement which is something I can't take when out guiding or fishing myself when releasing trout.  I caught and released a big wild brown from the West Branch a bunch of years ago that I have always thought of mounting one day.

[Jerseybassnbow]

Real nice Jay but I think yours has one more spot!  Very nice.

[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

Jay, out of curiosity, in what increments do the mounts come in for replicas? By the inch or other? And is length alone with a picture good enough or do you need the girth measurement which is something I can't take when out guiding or fishing myself when releasing trout. I caught and released a big wild brown from the West Branch a bunch of years ago that I have always thought of mounting one day.

Some suppliers sell them using length and girth measurements.. some use length girth and weight.. i only use the top 2 suppliers for the blanks.. and they have a catalogue listing what is available size wise. Usually. For commonly mounted fish, they have a good variety of sizes available.. length alone is fine for most mounts tho.

 

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[JHbowhunter]

Very nice Jay - didn't realize you do fish reproductions. Thats a good market - especially for the catch and release crowd or those that want to still eat their catch.