My fish carving began, when a friend caught a fantastic brown trout of 19 lbs., from the Klaralven River at Forshaga. The idea originally was just doing a profile of the fish, but during the work, so grew the ambition and it eventually
became a trophy mounted on a shield. Some friends started to show an interest to this trafisk ? and they too wanted to have a trophy to hang on the wall.

It all grew from a hobby to a part-time work with truck and registered business name, and now I have quite a long wait on my work. I have my workshop at home so I can go and work at any time and have the ability to just fly ? away. In my regular job I work shifts at a plant outside Skoghall Karlstad and it makes me have some uninterrupted time off, which is spent in the shop or with rod
in hand. Unfortunately, it has become less fishing - but more fish.

In order to produce a trafisk?, need a photo showing side of fish and data on length and girth and weight of fish. Trappers?, date and place of capture is also information needed to make a wall-hung assembly or a stand-alone sculpture.

The fish are available in different designs: half-fish in profile, 3/4-dels? in profile or whole fish. The cost depends entirely on performance. For half-fish, the price of 800 kroner per kilogram, excluding VAT (value added tax), but not less than SEK (Swedish Krona) 3,000, excluding VAT .

The fish produced is laminated and guaranteed againt cracking and workmanship provided.I have worked with wood carvings, and as long as I can remember and I started to produce full-scale trafiskar? 1995.

PLEASE NOTE: I used a Swedish to English translation program for the above write-up, and this is why some of the wording lacks clarity or may be inaccurate. For an accurate quote on a fish carving, please contact Jan-Ove Appelgren directly. On Jan.14/10, 1 Swedish Krona= 0.146 Can Dollar. (Ron Bailey)