by Second 2 Nature Taxidermy Supply with Greg Harris 1 ½ Hrs
Greg starts with removing the eyes, cleaning the cheeks and making an incision down the back side. He skins the fish, fleshes the skin and puts it in a soak solution of water and Dry Preservative. He uses Paper Mache to fill the cheeks, the head and around the fins. Greg applies Hide Paste to the show side of a urethane form and then puts the skin on the form. He pins the head in place and staples the seam. He cards and pins the fins, gills and mouth. He hangs the fish upside down to dry. After drying – he removes the cards and pins. He uses apoxie to fill the holes, set the eyes, rebuild between the eyes and repair a tear in the tail. He paints the fins with Mod Podge. He shows another fish that had a little tail fin and how he uses two pectoral fins to make a more customer pleasing tail. He covers the back seam with bondo. Greg uses Lifetone paint to finish this mount. He also shows the finished mount in a picture frame scene.
