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thanks Phil and indeed I did. Here's what it looked like grassed last year. Very happy with it, although still messing about with various seats to get me at the right level in relation to the blind height and still stay comfortable. Tried cut down milk crates and that did not fill me with...

I built one of these in the offseason (my second) and love hunting out of it in the coastal marshes of Mass. I use it as a decoy sled behind a bigger boat and use it to hunt for those birds on the high tides that flood the marshes (where even a small barnegat stands proud). That said, i would...

Hi Blake, Good luck with the deliberations. Lots of good ideas here. I have a black brant II and wrestled with lights for a long time. When I built it, I ran chases for bow and stern lights and then, 20 years later, actually put them in. I ended up going with a modification of something that...

thank you all for the comments. The purpose of the mat, per Merrimack canoes, is to protect the ribs (which are decorative and only 1/16" cherry) from point loads and to provide stiffness to the hull. They are intended to be clear through the mat, and to look pretty. I was informed that the mat...

Thank you both for the response. The issues that you both raise seem to be consistent with information that I have been researching and receiving. My plan of action will be to sand out all evidence of this first attempt and reload with new mat and poly resin as we get later into the fall (when...

Hello! I?m in the process of restoring a 13? Stowe canoe that was rotting away on the other side of town. These canoes can be very nice when done and being lockdown season, I needed a project to chew on. Fast forward and after pecking away at it, it?s time to put in a fiberglass matt to stiffen...

Small world Troy. I?m down the road outside Oquossoc. Good luck with the project!

it's been a while since I built my bbII and if I recall correctly, I had added the keelsons or strakes with top pressure and epoxy (no fasteners) to avoid piercing the hull. I ran into a fellow that was facing the same question you are and he took the existing keelsons off with a belt sander and...

count me in. Many moons ago and with permission from the site I had a 3' version of this sticker made that went on the back of a trailer that carried my dog and dekes in a box and a momarsh fatboy on top. The sticker really made the whole setup "work"

while not a mat technically, I have been very happy with raffia from here https://jstern.com/collections/hunting/products/hank-treated-color?variant=15727283044461 great prices and combined with some plastic fencing and a bunch of zip ties, so can get the look you want and still be able take it...

thanks Eric. It does have that look to it a bit now that you mention it. Mostly I have been mostly carving black ducks over the years so it's possible that my eyes tend to see everything from that perspective!

Well, getting some quality time in the shop and adding to the rig with a few mallards. Looking to add five in total and birds 1 and 2 are off to the side with 3 to be a high-head hen.

Hi George, thanks and I dropped you a note to your runamuck address the other day with a blast from the past. Found some patterns that you gave me 20 (!) years ago and sent you some pictures of them.

thank you Vince and I just rediscoved my copy of the book today. I'll spend time with it (sometimes it's nice to revisit books you own!)

great point! as luck would have it, I actually already have that book on the shelf (someplace). I'll go have a look about for it. Thanks for the prompt!

thank you Steve and beautiful bird. I will be using your tutorials and whatever other information I can gather to push forward. Some things in life cannot be undone...the paint job on a decoy is not one of them!

well, I'm finally jumping into tackling painting mallards and I'm looking to see if anyone can point me to tutorials using tube oils. I'm certainly aware of all the great tutorials that have been referenced here for acrylics and latex and wondering if there's anything similar for tube oils...

Thanks Steve. The pond box under development is one of your design. Just wanted to say thank you for sharing the plans and the build sequence on your site.

Well these don?t quite make it into the workbench and probably close enough to qualify for this thread. Finishing up new camo job on the fat boy original with new doors (fun bending conduit!) and a removable grass skirt to cover the boat. The bottom also got a few coats of gatorglide to give it...

man these are beautiful birds. I could spend a month looking at these pictures. I read somewhere once that Jim would treat his decoys at the end of each season with something, a coating of some sort that would improve longevity and give the birds more patina over time. Anybody have any...