Here is Bruce's bluegill and the walleye placed into the mold impressions that were made earlier. The fish are overfilled with the fish filler mache and then the excess is pushed out the back seam. Just before the filler kicks the fish is removed from the mold impression and set into whatever postion I prefer. This is not the same as just slopping in fish filler mache into a fish skin. With mold as a guide -- as in this case -- the correct anatomy is duplicated.
Here they are mounted and drying with the fins carded. Note the fins are more relaxed vs. the unnatural fully extended fins on most commerical angler mounts. JMO, but I also prefer the mouth closed on a fish as it looks more natural. Bruce's fish has a small roughed up area on the side which will be totally repaired when I'm done. I'm an expert on repairs!
BTW these fish are not as straight as they look in the photo.
