Tin Trout Bottle Cap Sculpture

 

"We all know it is a theoretical impossibility to catch fish without beer," says John "JB" Shireman of the New Belgium Brewing Co. in Fort Collins, CO. "At the very least," Shireman continues, "it's poor form. Fishing and beer drinking are two endeavors in any sporting gent's life that evolve over time. While a cooler of cheap domestics and a worm tub once sufficed, no one worthy of the title, Fly Fisherman, would defile a Mackenzie [drift] boat with anything less than a hand-crafted ale in one hand and a nice fly rod in the other."

A Beer Lover's Guide to Fly Fishing, By Terry L. Hackett

It seems safe to guess you're not reading this on a laptop by the side of your favored trout stream. Most people go fishing to get away from the office, the computer, heck, the whole world. And when they get back, well, sometimes, a part of them stays at the river and calls across time and distance asking, "what are you doing in that office? Why isn't the rest of me here, riverside?" It's probably happening to you right now. You were thinking about beer or fishing or fishing and beer and instead of throwing your gear in the car and heading out, you wound up reading this because it was as close as you could get without leaving the office.

Let me suggest the following: If there's some compelling reason you can't just quit the job, pack up, and spend the rest of your days in waders with a rod and a bottle at the ready, perhaps a compromise is in order. Maybe if you were to hang one of these bottle cap fish on the wall behind your desk you'd feel better. When the river calls silently out to you, cast your eyes across the office to this ultimate trophy fish and remember the things that matter.

 

Tin Trout Bottle Cap Fish, 2005
medium	Bottle caps (Sierra Nevada, Stewarts Ginger Beer, Dos Equis & Becks), tin cans, copper rose head nails on particle board substrate
size	12" x 35.5" x 1.5"
	SOLD. Email me if you are interested in commissioning a similar fish in this style. Reproductions will vary, but will be as close as possible. Made to order in 2-4 weeks.