Fish Taxidermy Instructional Videos

Largemouth Bass: A to Z
with Tom Sexton
World Champion fish taxidermist Tom Sexton demonstrates all of his procedures for mounting a competition quality largemouth bass. Tom shows in step-by-step detail the exact techniques he uses to skin, tan, and mount a largemouth bass using a Sportsman Series mannikin He shows exactly how he rebuilds shrunken areas with sculpting epoxy, how to set the eyes, and how to card and back the fins. He also demonstrates his award-winning airbrush painting and scale tipping procedures. This informative tape is recommended for beginners as well as "old pros." The useful information revealed in this tape will save you enough time and money to pay for this video many times over. If you mount fish at all, this is the one tape you should have in your library. Recorded in the Breakthrough Studio. 4 Hours. (2 Tapes.) Also available in DVD format.

Mounting & Painting a Largemouth Bass
with Bob Elzner
In this video, acclaimed taxidermist and instructor Bob Elzner of Arizona shows his complete procedure for mounting and painting a largemouth bass. Starting with a fresh specimen, Bob goes through the entire process, from the initial incision, to skinning, fleshing, preserving, mounting, carding, drying, installing eyes, backing fins, rebuilding shrunken areas, and complete painting instructions using airbrush paints and a scale tipping pen, This DVD shows Bob's painting steps for a "western" bass, but the steps will work equally well for a fish from any region. In this video Bob uses aerosol pains which are no longer manufactured, but the same colors are still available in Polytranspar airbrush paints. Recorded in the WASCO Studio. 1 3/4 Hours.

Mounting a Bluegill (Bream)
with Jimmy Byrd
In this tape, Jimmy Byrd of Sycamore, Georgia demonstrates his procedures for mounting a bluegill using the half-cast fill method. He clearly shows how to make the mold, skin and flesh the fish, tan the skin, fill and mount the fish, and card the fins. He also demonstrates how he finishes the bluegill using an airbrush and Polytranspar paints. Recorded in the Breakthrough Studio. 1 3/4 Hours. (1 Tape.)

Skin Mount Walleye
with Mark Frazier
Mark demonstrates the complete procedure for making patterns, skinning, carving a foam mannikin, mounting, rebuilding shrunken areas, setting the eyes, backing fins, and painting a skin-mounted walleye. 2 Hours. (1 Tape.)

Steelhead Trout Mounting and Painting
with Jeff Lumsden
Join World Champion coldwater fish taxidermist Jeff Lumsden in his first studio instructional video where he demonstrates exactly how to mount and paint large steelhead trout. Jeff explains skin preparation, taking measurements and color notations, mannikin selection, mannikin preparation, hide paste, mounting procedures, using an artificial head, fin carding and repair, seam work, rebuilding shrunken areas, fin backing, eye protection, using washes of color on the skin, scale tipping, airbrush painting, head detailing, how to use and apply shimmers, rebuilding teeth and glossing. Recorded in the WASCO Studio. 2 hours. (1 Tape.) Also available in DVD format.

Chinook Salmon Skin Mount with an Artificial Head
with Mark Frazier
Fish re-creation specialist Mark Frazier demonstrates molding and casting an artificial head for a chinook salmon skin mount. He also covers skinning the fish, carving a body, the mounting procedure, and attaching the head to the mounted fish. Recorded in the Breakthrough Studio. 2 Hours. (1 Tape.)

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