This ad ran in the summer of 1997, after Mike Orthober had won the 1997 World Champion Fish Taxidermist Award. The text from this ad is reprinted below:

MIKE ORTHOBER
1997 World Champion Fish Taxidermist

Polytranspar Does it Again!

This magnificent leaping brown trout by Mike Orthober of Wisconsin is testimony to the extraordinary talent of this creative wildlife artist. Every year he continues to amaze his peers with new original entries that are technically superb and artistically challenging. In addition to numerous other awards, this mount earned Mike the taxidermy industry's most prestigious title at the 1997 World Taxidermy Championships in Springfield, Illinois. As with other World Champions before him, Mike is a loyal user of Polytranspar Airbrush Paint. Whether he is working on a customer mount or a competition piece, Mike uses the same airbrush paint day after day and year after year: Polytranspar, the Choice of Champions!

Year after year, in competition after competition, one airbrush paint system keeps on winning more awards than all other paint brands combined! With the most lifelike and consistent colors, the biggest selection and the best value, for the past 14 years, Polytranspar is the Choice of Champions!

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