About Us

T&A Fish Taxidermy was born in 1998. It was then that I began the attempt to teach myself this art. It went very slowly, and along the way, I ruined some of my own trophy fish. But lessons were learned, and after some time it was determined that I needed some formal education.

In late 2002, I traveled to Pennsylvania to be taught by Gary Bruch, Jr., the 2005 World Champion fish taxidermist. The biggest lesson learned was that the fish is your teacher, not another person, nor their interpretation as reflected in their mounts.

The immediate results were that my work improved immensely, and continues to improve with each fish that goes through the shop. I promise to continue this improvement. I believe that once one is satisfied with his work, he has lost the desire to succeed, and the satisfaction of the customers is now questionable.

This leads to the realization that I will be a better fish taxidermist tomorrow than I am today. If I get the opportunity to preserve your trophy today, my goal is satisfy you. No fish leaves my shop with an unhappy customer. I will do whatever it takes to put a smile on your face as you remember your special day.

Competing against other taxidermists has been another major part of my drive to succeed. Not only does it compare your level of work or progress against others, but you also develop a network of friends that share in the latest information available, be it a new method, product, tool, etc.

Although below I have listed my major accomplishments, I cannot begin to list the number of friends that I have made over the years and the advice and knowledge that they have passed on to me.

Accomplishments:
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