This ad ran in the summer of 1996, after Wisconsin taxidermist Mike Orthober won the North American Champion Coldwater Fish honors at the 1996 National Taxiderists Association in Columbia, Missouri. The text from this ad is reprinted below:

Polytranspar Does it Again!

Congratulations to MIKE ORTHOBER
North American Champion Coldwater Fish

This magnificent leaping brown trout by Mike Orthober of Wisconsin is testimony to the extrordinary talent of this creative wildlife artist. Every year he continues to amaze his peers with new original entries that are technically superb. This fish skin mount won Best of Category, Best Habitat and Taxidermists' Choice Best of Show at the 1996 Wisconsin Show; the Polytranspar Award and Judges' Choice Best of Show at the Iowa Convention; as well as First Place Division of Excellence and North American Championship honors at the 1996 National Taxidermists Association in Columbia, Missouri. Mike's choice of airbrush paint? The same he uses every day: Polytranspar, the Choice of Champions!

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