Decoy Shape

[Capt J. Stieben]

If you had a clean slate and were to design a foam decoy bodies, one for a puddle duck, one for divers and leave pintails out what of the current or noncurrent foam bodies do you like the shape of best?

I like the Herter's 72's in puddler and diver but I could see where a keel you could grab or for some to wind a cord around would be nice.

Just curious thanks for your responses.

 

[Bill Clark]

I'm with you on the herters 72's especially the divers ,i coat them with epoxy and corn cob gives you something to hold on to.

I have always been partial to the L.L.Bean puddlers, my blacks and mallards mimic them even with Autumn Wings heads. [black cork bodies].

 

[bob Petritsch]

Please include diagrams with grid drawing. My 40 year old broadbill decoys are starting to get unrepairable. Sho-goo won’t even do the job. I started making foamers last year and I am happy with the results but would really like to see what others are doing.