How to Find Fish Taxidermy Classes

If you love fishing, and have caught some nice-sized fish, you might want to get some of your fish stuffed.  Hiring a taxidermist to stuff your fish can be expensive.  If you want to have many fish stuffed, it may be a better value for you to enroll in taxidermy classes and stuff the fish yourself. 

• Search online for fish taxidermy classes.  If you enter the phrase "fish taxidermy classes" and your zip code in the Internet search box, places where you can attend taxidermy classes will show up.


• Ask an established taxidermist.  Ask a taxidermist you admire where he or she received training.  The taxidermist should tell you, because a customer asking where a professional was trained isn't out of the ordinary.


• Attend a gun, trade or fishing show.  Vendors of all kinds rent stalls at gun, trade or fishing shows.  If you go to one of these shows, you may find taxidermists showing samples of their work and taxidermy schools letting hunters and fishers know they are available for instruction.  If you see taxidermists at a particular show, ask them who they attended classes through to get ideas for where to get instruction.


• Utilize networking opportunities.  If you are a member of a fishing club, attend fishing tournaments or have friends with stuffed animals in his or her home, network and ask these people if they know where to go for training or who their taxidermist is.  People who are professionals in the sport or who have stuffed animals in their homes are great people to ask for information on fish taxidermy classes.