DeAngelo displays his handicraft for Curry Anadromous Fishermen
Curry County Reporter, ORÂ
Published: February 27, 2008
By Dianne McKenzie
On February 14, at the general meeting of the Curry Anadromous Fishermen at the Indian Creek Hatchery there was a special guest speaker. His name is Paul DeAngelo of Fish Art, Aquatic Artistry Originals. Paul’s speciality is skin mounts of salmon and steelhead exclusively. Paul is relocating here in Gold Beach from Connecticut. His former fishery was in upstate New York in the Lake Ontario region.
Paul has re-located to our area in Gold Beach because he found that it is one of the most productive areas of salmon and steelhead fishing on the entire West Coast. Due to the zebra mussel overpopulations of the Lake Ontario region the trophy size salmon of the past has become just that, a thing of the past.
Paul does skin mounts of salmon and steelhead. Which means, to all of us fishermen that, we don’t have to sacrifice the meat from a fish that we would like to have mounted. The main thing in having a good mount (according to Paul) is the preservation of the skin. This requires the careful handling of the fish with as little scale loss as possible. Paul’s studio is located at the old One-16 Market on Jerry’s Flat Road. He may be reached at (541) 247-2369.
Paul has generously donated two of his beautiful fish mounts to the Curry Anadromous Fishermen. One will be auctioned off at the Eighth Annual Barbecue, which will be held on August 15 at the Indian Creek Cafe. The other mount will be on permanent display at the Indian Creek Hatchery and also at the Curry Anadromous Fishermen’s fund-raising events. A big thank you from all of us at the C.A.F. to Paul for his generous donation.
Paul’s studio is currently open for business and he will, by April of this year, have on display between 50 and 60 salmon and steelhead mounts. This will be the largest display of fish in the whole of Curry County.
The Curry Anadromous Fishermen are always in need of volunteers. If you are interested in raising salmon and volunteering please contact Nancy Schnider at (541) 247-4483.