This dramatic wood carving of a rooster fish captured Judges' Choice Best of Show at the 2001 World Fish Carving Championships®. The artist was Lance Lyons of Jamul, California. He has worked for the past 28 years at his family-owned taxidermy business, Lyons & O'Haver, Inc., located in La Mesa, California. Lance began carving in 1995, and in 1999 won Second in World Decorative Lifesize with an omilu. Each of his carvings are 100 percent hand-carved, using no natural or man-made objects. Most of his carvings are commissioned, except for a few that are offered in galleries in Vail, Aspen and Jackson Hole. Visit his website: www.lancelyons.com.

IN THIS ISSUE

The Breakthrough Gallery - 2001 WORLD FISH CARVING WINNERS
Open-Mouth Zebra - Larry Jensen
Mounting a Water Chevrotain - Wesley R. "Skip" Skidmore
Open-Mouth Whitetail - Lou Gagliano
Using Nameplates in Your Work - Warren Young
The 2002 Quality Deer Management Competition - Larry Blomquist
Canada Geese: Pictorial Study - Cary Cochran
Reproducing a Geoduck Clam - Dennis Murawska
The Henry Wichers Collection - Joe Kish
Part 1: Turkeys--The Cally Morris Way - Larry Blomquist
Pet Bobcats: Never a Dull Moment! - Jan Van Hoesen
Bondo Fish Seams--The St. Clair Way - Dan Rinehart
The 27th Annual Piedmont Mini-Course - April 2001
Fleshing Basics Part 2: Waterfow - Rick Carter
Critiques: Repetition - Stefan Savides
Paint Schedule: Muskellunge - Dan Rinehart

REFLECTIONS, REVIEWS & REVELATIONS

Best of The Forums, Vol. 6 - Ken Edwards
The Law and Taxidermists - Mike Oropallo
Q & A - Larry Goldman
Let's Go to Italy! - May 2002
Tanning Q & A - Bruce Rittel
Wild Game Cookery - Bob Chauvin
McKenzie Buys Buckeye, Rinehart
QDMA Competition Rules - Larry Blomquist
Yox Yacks - Bill Yox
Business for Profit - Frank Newmyer

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