This is been a major focus of mine for about a week now. Also an entry to a local show this weekend. The fish is totally edible (mud cake) and is suspended from the fishing rod. The rod is made from steel courtesy of my awesome husband, while the reel is from LCM bars and some of his fishing line. It was pretty tricky transporting it to the showgrounds last night, in fact the tail broke and i had to try and stick it back on with royal icing, and one fin got a crack in it. Very annoying. But more annoying is that i think it is the only entry in the category of novelty (carved) cake. I would have liked some competition. It's got lots of small flaws in the execution/technical side, but hopefully the 'wow' factor is there. The fish is about 30cms long - not a bad catch. And i am really loving my new airbrush- the fish has about 15 layers of paint on it! I have only used it about three times now.