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Post by jwj4856 on Mar 7, 2010 18:33:05 GMT -5
When doing a fish for competition, do you prefer to make your own body or do you prefer the bought ones, and what type glue do you use when mounting fish?
When I do a fish fro competition I prefer to cave my own bodies so that I can get a perfect fit and also add the particular action I want for the fish to fit the habitat I am using. When I mount fish I jsut use the white caulking fom Wal Mart, It seems to hold real well and it does fill in any imperfections in the body I just carved, plus is slick enough to let me taxi the skin around where I want it.
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Post by jscanlan1 on Mar 9, 2010 21:16:08 GMT -5
Haven't competed yet, hoping I can next year. As far as most realistic I would say a body that you carved yourself or in my case a body I cast myself. My carving skins are gradually improving though. I just don't think you could as good results from a manufactured form unless it is the same size.
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Post by cecil on Mar 16, 2010 20:46:55 GMT -5
When I used to compete and got the hang of doing pretty decent at the shows, and was stuck in the masters division, I most definitely carved my own bodies or used the half cast method for panfish. I also prefer the Walmart latex* caulking. The trouble with commericial mankins is you have to make the manikin fit the fish vs. the fish fit the manikin "carved body."
On trick I found for doing well with a wall mount was to actually mount it as a pedestal mount. This always guaranteed me a blue as long as everything else was right.
* No latex in Wallmart latex caulking! ;D
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