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Posted 11 March 2010 - 12:51 AM

Well my mind wandered again tryin' to come up with something different to take along to the Midwest Fly Fishing Expo along with rods this weekend to have at the booth. I had an idea (scary I know) so after a trip to BPS, Micheal's Craft Store and the hardware I came home with some bags of goodies, tossed in a couple fly fishing DVD's and 4hrs later this emerged from the depths of the shop. Originally I was going to center the net over the wood base, but I had an idea to use a thin piece of wire in the rear of the net and then anchor the front lip of the net by filing a "flat" on the lower edge so I could bottom drill a screw up into it. Done this way you cant see anything holding the net to the base and it looks like it's almost floating in the air. Also attached the trout to the front of the net so there's no visible things holding the trout either. Coated the river rocks with two coats of clear enamel to give them a "edge of the river wet look". And what trout is complete with a fly in it's mouth so I mounted a Hendrickson with a leader coming off of it in his chops.








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Posted 11 March 2010 - 12:57 AM

thats awesome bro
release a big one today and catch a trophy tomorrow

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Posted 11 March 2010 - 01:15 AM

You still gonna be at the show this weekend Paul?
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Posted 11 March 2010 - 08:15 AM

yup gonna be there tying Saturday for sure
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Posted 11 March 2010 - 12:47 PM

You want me to bring those wood grips for you to see which one your buddy wants to use?
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Posted 11 March 2010 - 01:01 PM

That is super cool.....Creative idea biggrin.gif
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Posted 11 March 2010 - 01:28 PM

Wow... I really like that. Beautiful work.


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Posted 11 March 2010 - 04:36 PM

QUOTE (steeldrifter @ Mar 11 2010, 12:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
You want me to bring those wood grips for you to see which one your buddy wants to use?

sounds great here headbang.gif headbang.gif headbang.gif
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Posted 11 March 2010 - 05:55 PM

Here's a better pic of both of them now all done and clear coated.



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Posted 11 March 2010 - 07:07 PM

Steve, that is beautiful. I'm speechless. Terrific display! Love it, man! Would look great in any room.
Hug your daughters, or someone else will.
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Posted 12 March 2010 - 06:32 PM

Great work Steve, My wife needs help at the school crafts , I"ll tell her to just call you.
just kidding, nice work as always.

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Posted 13 March 2010 - 01:15 PM

Paul & Steve,

post some pics from the show this weekend!!
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