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Old 11-19-2005   #5 (permalink)
dick benbow
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It's an attractive pattern. I can never really comment on photos of GR because in my estimation a GR is well a GR and that's the first matter of importance...the pattern is secondary. I can never tell if a GR is any good until I take it out into the light outdoors and check each GR scale for allignment and that it shows thru each color equally especial up close to the head in the shoulder area.

in showa's the weakest link has always been the beni and it's difficult to get a nice red thru the GR scales. I do agree it looks male, but a nice addition to any pond!

As i have watched the progress of showa breeders over the last decade, Isa comes to the forfront easily and you know what? Oomo has done an amazing job
to come from being a fabric merchant to a creditable showa breeder in a few short years.
thanks for posting you koi!
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