Part of that tradition involves sturgeon decoys. Inside the Fish Tail Inn Bar and Grill, owner Dale VandenBloomer says he and others are gearing up for Saturday's opener. "All the bars around here ...
Functional folk art in the form of fishing decoys and fishing lures is wildly creative and limited only by my imagination ... If some things never make it past the incubation stage, the idea on paper, ...
Duck carving began out of necessity as a way to make wooden decoys for hunting. But in the last couple of generations, it has turned into works of fine art.
Gayl had many hobbies and was a talented craftsman, carving beautiful wooden decoys and hand turned wooden bowls. Gayl enjoyed fishing and spent nearly 40 years summering on Butler Island ...