Cecil, with all of the work you put into skin mounts it seems that fiberglass reproductions would be less work. On the other hand I guess a skin mount gets closer to the original. Is this correct?
A good replica is easier to do but a bad one is not, as you have to make a lot of corrections.
Yes the skin mount is obviously closer to the original but there are still things added that are not orginal.
I believe there is a place for both skin mounts and repros. I distain the purists that pooh pooh skin mounts but can't come up with valid biological reasons why. If a guy catches and releases 2000 fish in a year and 10 percent end up as morts, how is this better than a guy that catches 50 a year for the frying pan or has one mounted?
