In Flowers' shop there are hundreds of fish and animals in various stages of the process. Part of the reason it takes so long is due to his backlog of work. The skin must be properly prepared and tanned if you want the mount to last. There are a large number of people who want a mount but also don't want to kill the animal. While there are no options when it comes to deer, turkeys, and other birds and mammals, anglers can make the choice to catch and release and have a mount.
Taxidermists can use a mold to make a fiberglass replica of an angler's fish.
The mount can be made to match the size and the coloring of the fish. All the angler needs to do is provide the taxidermist with the length and girth of the fish. To get the color pattern correct, Flowers maintains a photo album of reference pictures. All the angler has to do is point to the picture that looked closest to his or her fish. If you want to provide a picture so that the taxidermist can produce exactly what you caught, take a picture of the fish.