10-25-2007, 12:53 AM
sounds like some one didnt want the job or he was looking for a big pay day reguardless to the size of the fish...
dont give up, My catalog shows the body blanks down to 14 1/2 inch then you have a head and tail to go on it would streach it to about 16-20 inches...
you could always tell your buddies before you gall hooked it it was only 15 inches but she jurked on it so hard it streached another 5 [laugh]...
remember when buying any mount, you are paying for the art work more than any thing else..
all togeather you are looking at about 60-85 in materials (body blank, head blank, eyes, paint, fins & tail), a good few days labor..... figure about 150-200 for a mount with this method.
If you keep the fish to be used in a mold, they press it in to plaster and fill with a polly foam... it is cheeper, it is some times faster, (some times)
finished product runs from 5 dollars an inch in lenth and up... figure about 90-120 for a mount this way, so ya you save 65-80 bucks this way but if you are doing it just for the mount, I say release the fish and go the other way...
Remember you can still eat the fish after the mount is made, unless you do a fish skin mount... old style method, requires aditional chemical treatments in adition to a hand carved styrofoam mount...
aside from that there is the now ever popular fish head mount. much like a deer mount. realy cool, and a few less buckeroos..
If you want I can send you the info for you to take with you if you are serious about getting a mount done...
since you never took a real measurment your good to go, I doubt any one will remember a couple inches differance...
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dont give up, My catalog shows the body blanks down to 14 1/2 inch then you have a head and tail to go on it would streach it to about 16-20 inches...
you could always tell your buddies before you gall hooked it it was only 15 inches but she jurked on it so hard it streached another 5 [laugh]...
remember when buying any mount, you are paying for the art work more than any thing else..
all togeather you are looking at about 60-85 in materials (body blank, head blank, eyes, paint, fins & tail), a good few days labor..... figure about 150-200 for a mount with this method.
If you keep the fish to be used in a mold, they press it in to plaster and fill with a polly foam... it is cheeper, it is some times faster, (some times)
finished product runs from 5 dollars an inch in lenth and up... figure about 90-120 for a mount this way, so ya you save 65-80 bucks this way but if you are doing it just for the mount, I say release the fish and go the other way...
Remember you can still eat the fish after the mount is made, unless you do a fish skin mount... old style method, requires aditional chemical treatments in adition to a hand carved styrofoam mount...
aside from that there is the now ever popular fish head mount. much like a deer mount. realy cool, and a few less buckeroos..
If you want I can send you the info for you to take with you if you are serious about getting a mount done...
since you never took a real measurment your good to go, I doubt any one will remember a couple inches differance...
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