February "What's on your Workbench?"

[Clint]

That's my plan....

Clint

 

[sean sutton]

I like the Verity! you even got the filbert's going in the right direction.

 

[Tom Modin]

Jode that is a killer old school styled bird

 

[Brad Bortner]

Here's the drake. Still lots of blending to do.

I love it, waterfowl biologist humor. Nice looking birds Clint.

 

[Geoff Vine]

Nice work boys...

This little guy will be for sale at the Westlake Swim & Sell event. Stop by and say hi Saturday night if you're at the show...

 

[Clint]

Brad,

I've got the chilean torrent duck pair, African pygmy goose pair, pink-eared, Labrador, white-cheek, masked, and red-crested pochard in thr rig (also baikal and falcated drakes)...thinking the next shout either be a scaley-sided or Brazilian merg (2009 wwt report has some great razilian merg pics) or a crested shelduck pair....so many birds to carve.....

Clint

 

[Brad Bortner]

You need to take that falcated to Colusa and see if it works.

 

[Clint]

Brad,

I'd probably do better at Calusa with flies tied to imitate Mazuri starter than I would with a falcated decoy......maybe a muscovey hen??

Clint

 

[Brad Bortner]

Here you go Clint

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/14/SPRV1MOP6M.DTL

 

[Clint]

Yeah, I know about it...may be a New Zealand shoveller decoy would work on an escapee like that......

Clint

 

[Brad Bortner]

No you need a koloa or laysan duck.

 

[TimJ]

Another fish just to stay consistent.

Brown Trout after a Wooly Bugger 7x14 acrylic

Tim

 

[jode hillman]

Tim love the painting. Nicely done.

Thanks Sean and Tom. Yea those filbert spots go opposite the way you would normally do them. I had to think about that one! LOL!

Here's another old style pair I finished yesterday. Blair school and the 100+ year old rig that helped inspired them.( unfortunatley all repainted long ago) I tried to keep them pretty true to form right down to the green bottom paint and dowelled construction.

 

[Brandon Yuchasz]

Jode,
I really like those pins. Very classic!

Tim,
I always like the apologetic approach. Sorry guys its another fish.. I like the fish keep posting them!

I have a few more on my bench now but I might be putting some in the pool at westlake..so I hear it poor manners to post before hand.

 

[Clint]

I've got a couple of pair of laysan for reference....wonder...should it be an older bird or younger?? Clyde has some kaola....have to get him to send some good reference...

Clint

 

[TimJ]

Thank you Jode and Brandon.

Jode, I can see why those three inspired you. Nice job catching the style and adding a bit of your own.

Clint for just a moment I was thinking "How the heck is he going to get a koala decoy to self right?"

Tim

 

[k folkman]

Jode, I absolutely love those Blair Pins! Will you be at Parkertown? Will they be there?

 

[Mike Frechette]

I was going to hold off on posting this one after Westlake, unfortunately it's not rule friendly LOL anyhow hollow red cedar and bass painted w/ acrylics.

Mike

 

[jode hillman]

Thanks Kev, Yes on both counts............

 

[Derek and Xena]

Excellent work from everyone! Tim, I love that brownie! A wooly bugger is about the only fly that I can tie. Jode and Geoff, I love your style! MikeF, that is one beautiful Ringer! That's what I've been working on lately (mine will not be that nice). Here it is ready to be sealed and primed.

By the way, this is a pink foamboard decoy with burlap and acrylpro tile adhesive. The bill is Apoxie Sculpt and eyes are plastic.