Hanger: the type of attachment on the decoy to tie the fishing line for jigging. Hanger types include body (notched or grooved), body hole (vertical or horizontal), nail (single or multiple), brad (single or multiple), staple (single or multiple), handmade …
A floater decoy is one that does not have any weight in the belly to allow it to sink. It may contain weight to keep it upright. Normally a line tie is on the belly to connect to a weight …
Well fish have eyes so do many fish decoys. Some are just scratched in or painted while others have tacks or jewels. Various glass and plastic eyes are either custom made or factory made. But a nail head makes a …
A line tie is how a fish decoy is attached to the string that connects to a fish stick or handle of some sort. Some are eye screws or metal ring could be a bent nail or staple. Some ties …
Early is a reference to when a decoy was made. I would say 1700s to about 1900 in date would constitute an early decoy. Gary L. Miller wrote an article that might help you understand it more. CLICK HERE TO …
Duplicate-carving is where a master has been hand carved and then placed into a duplicating carving machine to make many more just like the first. This is how many factory decoys are made. The photo depicts duck decoys being duplicated. …
Mikko Type Fish Decoys Before I try to explain what a Mikko Type fish decoy is, I would like to provide a description of what a fish decoy is: Originally Fish decoys are/were functional objects used to attract fish like …
Contemporary with regards to fish decoys is a more modern day or present day of fish decoy carvings. In the fish decoy arena many speak of Oscar Peterson as the father of contemporary/modern day fish decoy carving.
Cedar is a common wood and is used in fish decoy carving because of its tolerance to not splitting or allowing it to rot from being wet a lot.
Balsa wood (Ochroma) is very soft and light with a very open grain and light density. This allows good carvings, but in fish decoy carving a lot of weight has to be added to sink it. It is low density …
