Rotzien recently combined his two interests and began carving and painting wooden renderings ... in the water and the fish go crazy," Rotzien said. "Black is the best color for fish," added ...

An avid fly angler and suburban Detroit graphic designer, Batchik has carved out a niche and built a business creating colorful ... a chunk of wood in the guy’s shanty. The fish weren’t ...

40 wood carvings of fish and more are on display at the Wisconsin ... "They're painted in such a way that like some of them are colorful, and some of them aren't so colorful.

His wood shop walls are rimmed in colorful ribbons and plaques from the California Association of Taxidermists, World Fish Carving Championships and others prestigious shows. A Master Carver award ...

Colorful fishing ... we could not buy lures.” All wood lures from the early 20th century are especially desirable, with their unique hand-carved, hand-painted fish bodies. Some run into the ...

Being an avid fisherman and outdoorsman, much of his work is commissioned fish carvings for clients who want to capture in a wood sculpture ... for the brightly colored and elusive brown trout ...

As an artist, Shaw dives deep to create colorful fish ... as each fish is mounted on a steel plate with a magnetic post with 80 handcarved and hand-painted wooden fish. "My dad was inspired ...

It was a handsome fish by any angler ... educating him on the nuances of carving. READ NEXT: How to Spear the Biggest Pike of Your Life Schulze carves most decoys out of white pine or basswood, but he ...

No, they aren’t real, nor are they mounted trophies of an accomplished fisherman, but the wooden creations ... to improve my carving, my detail because when I get done with a fish, generally ...

Like many regional craftsmen, wood carver ... Bastian’s hand-carved painted Santas have developed a character of their own. Not only have his carvings become more colorful and brighter, but ...