From the water to the wall ... A North Queensland man has made a career out of creating trophy fish for anglers who want to savour their catches a little longer.
Matt Graves has left behind a career in the mining industry to make fish moulds full-time.abc.net.au/news/fish-taxidermist-matt-graves-new-job-after-mining-career/101336470But Matt Graves has found his calling by helping those who want something a little more permanent from the ones they manage to land.Tim Buetel ran out of wall space so he hung the crustaceans in his bedroom."They've never seen anything like it.
Some of their catches make up Mr Beutel's collection of rare and memorable replicas ... which he hopes to pass on to his sons."Originally, if I can be honest, I had cancer and I put it together for my kids," Mr Buetel said.
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