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We welcome you to
Advanced Taxidermy
& Wildlife Design.

The Industry's most
inspirational and
successful studio


 
Wildlife art, hunting and
fishing has been our
life-long passion.

We built our image on
excellence and set the
standard in fish replicas.
 

Fish replicas, fibreglass fish, fish mounts how are they made?

This occurs as a result of a taxidermist that uses a mounted fish as their prototype, he has the challenge of making a rigid fibreglass mould off a rigid prototype. To accomplish this style of fish replica, a taxidermist would have to physically sand the majority of the detail off of the fish mount, resulting in the taxidermist pulling the mould off the fish mount leaving the end fish replica very smooth and plastic-like.  To avoid this scenario of creating a plastic-like fish replica we have made the investment of using RTV silicones which are a rubberlike substance that allows us to pull a rigid fish replica out of a mould, while maintaining precision like detail. This material is not moisture sensitive in any way. This simply means our fish replica is being moulded off a fresh fish. We now have close to six thousand fish replica moulds with details like full throats showing the esophagus, gill rakers, roof of mouth, vulmer, scale details with growth rings so crisp you can actually age the fish from the fish replica.  Our process of fish replication results in an anatomical flawlessness that fish biologists and world renowned artists have used for reference.  Advanced Taxidermy fish replicas grace the homes and businesses of past presidents, fishing celebrities, sport icons and some of the largest outdoor stores including the Bass Pro Shop and Cabela’s. Trust that the Advanced Taxidermy team will do everything possible to reproduce an accurate replica of your prized trophy. We sincerely look forward to including you in our long list of extremely satisfied clients.