Reproduction Mounts

[Brown duck]

Still waiting for that true tropy steelie or stream brown trout, but I'm confident that it will come. But I'm mostly a catch/release fisherman and would like to see the steelie or brown caught again or at least pass on their genes, not to mention that I fish many catch/release areas of streams. So, with reproduction mounts, what are the necessary measurements that should be taken? I understand a picture would be great also. How do these mounts compare to those that were done of real fish? Any pics? Thanks all

Nick

[DZtaxidermy]

Mark is correct. Length and girth measurements and a couple good close up photos of the fish itself. Especialy try to focus on the markings of a stream brown so they can reproduced closely on your mount. I prefer replicas to skin mounts on trout and salmon. Just make sure your taxidermist is using a high quality reproduction blank. There is a big difference between the quality levels such as mouth interior detail, scale detail and fin thickness. I have many photos in my gallery and and my website as well. Let us know if you have anymore questions.

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