On the streets of Ashvegas: Hunter Banks mural

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Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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Hunter Banks mural

The Asheville Citizen-Times’ Karen Chavez has deets:

Frank Smith was sick of the graffiti on the side of his Montford Avenue business.

So, he decided to fight it with fish.

A giant rainbow trout, to be exact.

Smith, owner of Hunter Banks Co., a fly-fishing shop right off Interstate 240 on Montford Avenue near downtown, has commissioned two artists to design a 32-by-61-foot mural on the side of the building. Installation began Friday and when completed by Tuesday, the painting will depict a fly-fisherman and a jumping rainbow trout in a sparkling stream, set against the famous Western North Carolina mountains.

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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4 Comments

  1. Nancy Kelsey March 20, 2014

    GREAT Mural – done by my son Scott Allred. I
    am so proud!!!!!!

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  2. Peace is better June 22, 2011

    I wonder if the Guiness Book of World Records would be interested in this fish.

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  3. mike June 21, 2011

    that's pretty awesome!

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  4. JBo June 20, 2011

    drove by there this afternoon & it already looks fabulous

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