Just an additional commentary on replicas. I hear anglers on fishing websites comment they look fake, like plastic etc. If the blank is high quality and the painting is good they should be indistinguishable from the real thing.

Here is a musky replica I did a couple of years ago for a musky guide and his client:

Here is the blank before painting:



Here is the blank after painting:





We put the fish back in the box of peanuts the blank was sent in as the guide had to drive it several hours to an outdoor convention. The guy on the left got a free musky replica from the guide for catching and releasing a 50 inch or plus musky from a local lake. The guide paid for the blank, and I did the labor free of charge for advertisement. We don't do it anymore as he got tired of buying the blanks for $300.00, and I got tired of doing them for free with no one wanting to pay $750.00 around here for a musky replica!

Last edited by Cecil Baird1; 12/12/15 12:54 PM.
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