last spring i was fishing a Class A wild brown stream...first time ever fishing it..caught and released one about 7 inches..and then out of nowhere it got NASTY...spring thunder storm...on the way out i found a whole i missed on my way down...threw in the swiss swing spinner and BAM...NICE one!...it was in a nasty log jam..got it out and it was bleeding BAD and barely moving...and before i could react QUIT moving...OH no i thought..i just killed a WILD trout...i never wanted to do such a thing..but he hit my spinner so hard he died..it was deep and bled heavy..so i thought id do the best thing i could...and got the beautiful fish mounted...he was only 13 inches...but thats a half decint WILD fish..and dont look like no stocker...in my search for a taxidermist a local bait shp gave me a business card...right off the bat i recognized the email..its a guy i knew from another forum..we setup a date and time and i showed up to look at his work and talk to him..his work looked awesome and detail is his selling point...atleast to me it was...i just picked it up today...when i sat down in good light today when i got home i was amazed by the mount...the detail is all there....every little shade of the scales...bursts and halos around the "dots"...its all there...as well as the lure that killed him..heres some pics....im excited about it...and it looks AWESOME in my room...im proud of my first mounted animal...though i wish the fish didnt die..the stream is still excellent..i been back since..

heres some pics..the lighting is TERRIBLE in my house so out of 30 pics these were the better ones..but still arent as good as seeing it in good light in person..

wall shot...not where it will stay..but i need to drill the concrete to put it where i want it..just wanted to see how it looked on my wall





hope you enjoy the pics...wish i could get better ones...but they just wont turn out good in my house..i cant get good pics of ANYTHING here...let alone a fish mount..the holos and burst arent really visible in the pics either......it takes a good eye and good light to see it...im glad i have such a good taxidermist close by...and hes a great guy too...went fishing at a lake one day and him and his wife were there...hes just a good guy...and i like his work...even if/when i move i think my work will still goto him....the pics dont do it justice..its hard to get a good pic of a fish mount i think....and the light stinks in my house