05-10-2004, 04:09 AM
The best taxidermist that I have ever seen is a friend of the family from Idaho. He is an engineer and taxidermy is an on-the-side hobby business. His artistic abilities on painting the fish and sculpting the body form are the best I have ever seen. The best part is that his price for us was only $8 an inch. We will pick up our second fish from him next week. P.M. me if you are interested and I can see if he has any openings. His turn around time is usually pretty long. On my wifes first fish she spent $11 per inch on a taxidermist in Salt Lake who wasn't waitlisting 6+ months. My wife paid for it with her own money and when she picked the fish up she was so dissappointed that she cried. If I had gone with her I would have refused to pay. Our taxidermist felt so sorry for us that he re-taxidermied the fish at no charge. I don't recall the name of the taxidermist, but it was a woman. Just be careful.
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