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[Michael Wolfe]

I was asked to create a few more wooden fish to be auctioned at the Tennessee American Fisheries Society meeting in February.  So I made a few items that I would not normally do and that might be a little more attractive to the audience in question.  I thought I would share them here since I will not see them again after I send them to the auction.

 

Pine Crappie

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Peruvian Walnut Redhorse

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American Cherry Brook Trout

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Fir Logperch

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[BenCantrell]

Awesome.  Nice work Michael.

[Isaac Szabo]

These are very cool, Michael. I really like the style you've come up with and perfected. Great work!

[FirstChAoS]

You should do some where the wood matches the fish. A basswood bass, a rock maple rock bass, etc

[mattknepley]

I like 'em! They all look just like who they're supposed to. Which one was the hardest to create?

[Michael Wolfe]

Josh, I agree with you. Casper and I ran through a long list in the carbine day. That ended up as the best two being Cherry Darter and Ashy Darter (which I did for last Christmas, I think).

Matt, the trout was the hardest. Both literally (cause cherry is a lot harder wood than the pine or for or walnut) and because I lack familiarity with trout.

I forgot to say I was trying to do TN natives so that is why the wood selection for the black redhorse.

[bbrown]

Awesome, very cool.

[Casper]

Very Nice Michael!

Ed should be able to keep you supplied with all manner of native wood species.

I like your "names" as well.

My favorite is the Walnut Redhorse.

By the way i do not recall seeing any posted Fishmas Trees this season.  Did i miss them?

I will start the bidding at $20 for the Redhorse!

Where will the meeting be held?

Drilling the eyes through is good.

Your aluminum fin work is excellent.  Dick Biggins uses copper which is very nice too.

I keep wondering how an artfully wielded woodburning tool would work.  Howard Finster use to heat up odd shapes such as gears in an oven and then lay them on wood frames making a neat montage for his painting.  Even a tiny blowtorch might make delicate marking say for Logperch blotches.

VERY NICE!

[Michael Wolfe]

There was a fishmas tree and a fishmas studfish and a fishmas madtom this year...

 

http://forum.nanfa.o...ge-5?hl=fishmas

[Matt DeLaVega]

Various seeds could be used for eyes. Wild cherry seeds come to mind.

[Chasmodes]

You are very talented Michael.  Nicely done.  It would be very cool to have some of them in my fish room!