Fish Decoy Carving

 

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Burning and Carving Fish – Free pattern included
Wood Carved Ice Fishing Decoys

Pages: Learn how to wood carve your own Ice Fishing Decoy, a free wood carving project by Lora S Irish. Folk art fish decoys can become much more than realistic wood carvings of minnows and fishing bait.  This gallery of wood carvings by Lora Irish offers more samples of what you could do with your own whittled fish decoy.

Ice Fishing Decoy Carving – Four page free tutorial
Ice Fishing Decoy Gallery One
Ice Fishing Decoy Gallery Two
Sun Fish Carving – Includes free pattern

E-Project: Learn folk art ice fishing decoy carving with this in-depth step-by-step project taught by Lora S. Irish. This sixty page e-book includes an introduction to the history of ice fishing decoys, the six basic carving cuts needed to create these fun fish, and two complete projects. Complete your decoy with the painting steps and by creating a simple wire hanger. 60 pages of instructions, patterns, and ideas included are 20 small decoys patterns with fin variations, 4 long minnow decoy patterns, and 21 large full-sized decoy patterns accompanied by full-colored photos of the carved samples. Comes in Adobe Reader .pdf format!

Whittle Fish E-Project by Lora S Irish

Fish Related Digital Patterns: ArtDesignsStudio patterns by L S Irish

Fishing Lures

Fresh Water Fishing Patterns

Hook, Line, and Sinker

Just Goldfish