| Florida fish Merle's male
Howdy-
After a visit to the CFKS web site this morning I lifted this pic while nobody was looking.
This fish has been at several shows and I've seen it a couple times. I love it. Dismissed offhandedly by some (most?) as "just a male" it still impresses the heck out of me. It is not huge, 25" maybe, and certainly does not have any voluptuousness, but still for me has elegance and charm as a sanke. For all I know the flowery pattern may be the equivilent of a liesure suit and the sumi that laces the white could be like the cocked hat of a blowhard. Doesn't matter to me. Cool fish.
Different times I've quizzed folks who may have known something about this fish, but I don't remember all the details. I'm hoping that maybe some of the Florida Gents could refresh me on the known details of the fish's age and size, any history, a bit about the pond where it is kept and maybe some info about Merle.
Nosy bugger, eh? I hope to just ask Merle all of this in March, but I sure would like to hear about it again now. Am I dressing up a foggy memory to think that there is a bit of resemblence to the sanke Doris? Any more, better pics?
Mickey the windowman |