3lb Wild Brown Trout

[bell 3,606]

 

This was a fish taken on a stunning Summers night, alas not 'one off the top' but on a Kingfisher butcher.

 

Its at the taxidermist and will join a 2lb Grayling.

[ghosty 0]

very nice fish what did you catch him on

[mackem 27,261]

Beautiful fish mate.

[mackem 27,261]

How much cash to get that set-up?Timescale?Post pics when its done?

[long dogs 580]

well done get it in grill

[bell 3,606]

very nice fish what did you catch him on

 

Caught him on a Kingfisher Butcher Ghosty. A big lad with a big kype, only fishing 2.5lb leader so was a bit nip and tuck

[LUMPHAMMER 324]

Excellant picture, make sure you keep us updated when finished

 

 

All the best.

[bell 3,606]

How much cash to get that set-up?Timescale?Post pics when its done?

 

The taxidermist is a friend who is doing it for favours rendered.....will have to pay for the case but the fish itself would have cost, im guessing £300 - £500...pretty sure its costed by the inch. He's had it a while and i gave him a gentle reminder last week that it will look nice at my new place

[bell 3,606]

Excellant picture, make sure you keep us updated when finished

 

 

All the best.

 

Thanks Lump...will do

[mackem 27,261]

£300 - £500

Thats £100-£166 a POUND?Expensive mate,good job it wasnt bigger.

[bell 3,606]

£300 - £500

Thats £100-£166 a POUND?Expensive mate,good job it wasnt bigger.

 

Yes,taxidermy is an expensive business. That trout is a fish of a lifetime for me, unlikely to catch a bigger wild specimen at the places i fish. My mate has some stunning pieces, have my eyes on an Osprey but at over 1k cant justify it. Love going to his place and looking at his latest stock

[mackem 27,261]

It will be interesting to see how he sets it up mate,but something tells me the price will be a mere bagatelle compared to the value of the memories the finished piece evokes,be lucky Bell.

[bell 3,606]

It will be interesting to see how he sets it up mate,but something tells me the price will be a mere bagatelle compared to the value of the memories the finished piece evokes,be lucky Bell.

 

You are correct, he asked if i wanted gold lettering on the case stating place caught etc........told him better not . Its all locked away upstairs mate.......a warm evening, had no luck on the river...water too low. Tried the Loch, a pair of Peregrines doing a fly past as i walked down to the water and a good Roe buck on the tree line..... First cast at the inflow saw a fish boil, second cast and it all went solid................then moved. I knew it was a good fish you can just tell, it took its time not like the smaller splashy fellows that charge about here and there and give themselves up. Ten minuites later and he was beached, then the dilema......such a stunning creature, do i return him ?......no was the answer.....he wasnt simply to end up on the barbecue but to case him was justification for taking him.

All was well with the world as i walked back to the car

[mackem 27,261]

not like the smaller splashy fellows that charge about here and there

Oddly enough all the brownies and grayling I catch seem to swim straight towards me,no charging except in one direction,something to do with their lateral-line.........I was looking for fishing aids yesterday,buying some stuff in from the far-east,I was going to get a job-lot and flog off the surplus cheap,but I ended up buying 1000 digital pocket-scales instead(not that I have 1000 pockets),dont forget the pics of the finished mount mate,be lucky.

[bell 3,606]

not like the smaller splashy fellows that charge about here and there

Oddly enough all the brownies and grayling I catch seem to swim straight towards me,no charging except in one direction,something to do with their lateral-line.........I was looking for fishing aids yesterday,buying some stuff in from the far-east,I was going to get a job-lot and flog off the surplus cheap,but I ended up buying 1000 digital pocket-scales instead(not that I have 1000 pockets),dont forget the pics of the finished mount mate,be lucky.

 

Mmmm how very strange.....very sensitive things are lateral lines. Fishing aids ?.......from the far east ?? Skues and Walton will be turning in their graves. Are you expecting a good bag this weekend ?