Rik began making his unique fish in the spring of 2000. The local Earth Day committee asked him to create and implement a "community art" project as part of their annual celebration. He constructed an 8' x 15' "poem board" with a fabricated four-foot-long Bull Trout made from tin can lids and it was erected in Spokane's Riverfront Park on Earth Day. He continues to create these unique pieces with upcycled materials in his studio in Spokane, Washington,

• Spokane, Washington
• Made from upcycled materials like bottlecaps
• Each trout may very as they are made with random upcycle materials