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2014 New Decoys Thread...


Neighbor_guy

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do the mutipule spots to tie off make a big difference? buddy has 2 that have 3 and I didn't see a hole lot of diffence.

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A red and white by request. I tried my best to keep it simple, but kept the torn tape edges...

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All three of these minnow shapes started as the same blank, but they sure ended up different.

I never really know what I am going to end up with when I start.

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I wanted to try to have a small pike decoy, large pike decoy combination, but the large decoy failed to swim frown It happens once in a while.

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Funny google eyes on this one made me chuckle a bit.

I got the paint ideas here...

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And the last one in this batch. I wanted some torn tape on all of them, so this one got some tape lines too.

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A few new ones from the last batch....

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So far the bronze tone/deep yellow seems to be the biggest attention getter. All three swim real nice as well. I am getting better with those wooden tails, still need some fine tuning on that bit.

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So it must be official ...

You now have more decoys then actual fishing jigs/lures ??

lol

Not even close...

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Those are sweet. I like the flame job on the orange and white. As well as the work with the browns. "Natural" shades have done the best for me this season by far. Those should be good working decoys.

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These are decoys I hand carved and hand painted over the last couple of months.

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Thanks for looking! I hope everyone had a great season! ><B>

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I really thing the new 11" wood tail is going to be a winner for next season! it looks huge next to the 8" basic workers, lol!

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