"once in a lifetime" trout

[Salty]

Originally Posted by Bluechip

I agree. I have looked at this pic a few times thinking surely it has to be the lighting or something.

I can see some semblance of the irredescent colors on the fins. Wish there was a better shot. The lighting and angle has to have alot to do with it looking this way. This guy knows what a trout looks like, so, I can't believe he would accept a trophy replica that almost looks unpainted.

[Bluechip]

Originally Posted by Salty

I can see some semblance of the irredescent colors on the fins. Wish there was a better shot. The lighting and angle has to have alot to do with it looking this way. This guy knows what a trout looks like, so, I can't believe he would accept a trophy replica that almost looks unpainted.

That's what I'm thinking also. I would think that even a crappy taxidermist could make one look better than that.

Salty, have you ever painted a replica?

[Salty]

Originally Posted by Bluechip

That's what I'm thinking also. I would think that even a crappy taxidermist could make one look better than that.

Salty, have you ever painted a replica?

Got one in the shop right now. It came in about a month ago. Honestly, I don't know where to start.

The same guy that caught this fish is the one that talked me into tryin' it.