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John is from Lombard, Illinois and was born in 1949. John wrote the following;” Ever since a kid I  had a desire for folk art items but didn’t get truly hooked on folk art fish decoys & lures until a …

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s Gary L. Miller was born in 1943 and hails from Williamsburg Michigan and has been a major collector of decoys for the past 30 plus years. He is mentioned in the back of the American Fish Decoys book by …

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Marcel Salive is of Potomac, Maryland and is a fish artifact collector and fish decoy carver. Marcel is the author of the book titled “Ice Fishing Spears”. Marcel uses the initials M.L.S. OBITUARY: Marcel Leon Salive, Ph.D. Marcel Leon (Skip) …

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2017 Perham Show Fish Decoys Net Class Winners – Sponsored by Decoypedia.com Class 52 – Predator with Sunfish – Fish Plaque 1st – Eric Wallace – $600 – Pike chasing sunfish on square red barn wood board 2nd – John …

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Ryan (Rhino) Ebert was first introduced to dark house spearing in 2008 thorough a college friend and his father (Mike Kitt).  Ryan did not take up carving his own decoys until early 2013 and learned some from Mike and some …

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John Jones is from Adrian, Michigan and was born in 1961. John D. Jones. Michigan decoy carver and artist started carving decoys in 2005 after watching a local outdoor magazine TV show which featured a renowned decoy carver from Michigan …

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About Spear Fishing by Fred & Jo Anne Campbell © 2005 The making of fish decoys is part of a long and rich tradition of ice fishing.  There is documentary evidence that Native Americans have speared fish through the ice …

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A Survey of Selected Transitional Michigan Fish Decoy Carvers by Gary L. Miller  © 1980-2005 First published in the December 2005 issue of the NFLCC Magazine a preview of a book to come from Gary L. Miller In a previous …

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Eric Wallace from  Maple Grove, Minnesota makes decoys that are making a name for him in the fish decoy carving world. He is winning so many awards and when you see his fish you will know why. Eric works in …

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Larry D Christy Collector, Woodworker, Photographer, Web Host Larry Christy was born in 1949 in downstate Illinois in an area called Little Egypt. Little Egypt is surrounded by many lakes like Rend Lake, Crab Orchard, Carlyle, Kincaid, Cedar Lake and …

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