What kind of fish has everyone used as backings before?

[Bryce]

That is where I get my salmon skins.  I should be out there bringing in some winter run steelhead, but not enough time with all the bows I have in the works . ...and alot of those fish market skins get tossed anyway, so it is good use of an an otherwise wasted resource.   

BTW, a very nice glue can be made from salmon skins.  Simply chew the skin up and spit the slurry in a cup...stronger than hide glue in my opinion, just dont expose it to heat like you might do with hide glue.

You haven't hit the steelhead yet!!!!???

[osage outlaw]

I have some walleye and carp skins cleaned, dried, and ready to go.  I just need to make the right bow for them.

[Carson (CMB)]

Bryce, you fish?  Lets go!

[Bryce]

Almost everyday!
Got a large creek that runs by my house.
Usually come back with an oceanspray stave or two

[chamookman]

A few years ago, a Friend backed an Osage flatbow with Northern Pike skins. Came out pretty cool - the spotted coloration made a great camo pattern. He called it "The Fish Stik"  .

[tgtmatt]

I'm so jealous of all you guys living so close, and being able to go do things or work on bows together. I'm stuck learning from forum threads and no mentor.

I'm going to the fish store tomorrow and getting some skins.

[Weylin]

What area are you in? I bet there's someone close. You'd be surprised.

[tgtmatt]

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Tourist town for sure.

[Weylin]

heh, I remember going down there to the beach as a kid. I used to live in NC.

[tgtmatt]

It's not a bad place for tourists. It's crazy in the summer though. haha. 

[turtle]

I put rainbow trout skins on a kids bow once. Have som flathead catfish skins in the freezer im planning on using sometime.