This ad ran in the spring of 2002 to congratulate Lance Lyons on winning the 2001 Best in World Fish Carving Award at the 2001 World Fish Carving Championships. The text from this ad is reproduced below:

Polytranspar Does It Again!

Congratulations to
Lance Lyons
of La Mesa, California
BEST in WORLD Fish Carving 2001

This dramatic wood carving of a rooster fish captured the top award at the 2001 World Fish Carving Championships. The artist, Lance Lyons, has worked for the past 28 years at his family-owned taxidermy business, Lyons & O'Haver, Inc. in California. Since he began carving in 1995, Lance has shown exceptional talent with this artform. You can see more of his work by visiting his website at www.lancelyons.com.

In every World Fish Carving Championships for the past decade, the Best of Show winner was finished with Polytranspar Airbrush Paint (with the exception of 1999's natural finish piece by Clark Schreibeis, which was unpainted). This unique airbrush paint system designed BY wildlife artists FOR wildlife artists has set the standard at competition after competition.

Year after year, the tradition continues. In competition after competition, entries finished with Polytranspar Airbrush Paint have won more major taxidermy and fish carving awards than all other airbrush paint brands combined! Available in water-based or lacquer-based systems, Polytranspar offers wildlife artists an ideal way to recreate the vibrant colors found in nature. At World, national, regional and state competitions for the past twenty years, Polytranspar Airbrush Paint is the choice of champions!

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