Arlen
Svare
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was born in 1929 in Minnesota and have lived here all but 16 years of my life.
It was an ideal state to have as home because of its 14,000-15,000 lakes, and
the emphasis on fishing is great! When I was 12 years old I was introduced to
darkhouse decoy fishing by my uncle, and in that pursuit was very disappointed
with the action of a commercial plastic fish decoy I had bought. In complaining
to my father, he stated, "Why don't you make your own fish decoy like I had
to do when I was a boy?" ...[continued below the
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New Work:
Golden Trout, 9-1/2"
$125.00
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 Largemouth Bass |
 Smallmouth Bass |
 Black Crappie |
 Sunfish |
 Brown Trout |
 Rainbow Trout |
 Lake Trout |
 Northern Pike |
 Walleye Pike |
 White Bass |
 Catfish (unavailable) |
 Bowfin (Dogfish) |
 Common Carp |
 Muskellunge |
The
fish is an amazing creation, sublimely fashioned to live in an element entirely foreign to you and me.-AS |
 Cutthroat Trout |
 Rainbow Trout |
 Frog |
 Small Frog |
 Redwing Blackbird |
 Small Sunfish |
 Northern Pike Jig Stick |
 Rainbow Trout Jig Stick |
 Mouse |
 Painted Turtle |
 Tiny Rainbow Trout |
 Diving Mallard Duck |
With his guidance I did, and it performed so beautifully I have never bought another commercial one since.
| Some years ago people began asking me to make fish decoys for their use, and that developed into a demand for decoys with my signature upon them. I was surprised, one day, to be shown that I was listed in Kimball's "Fish Decoy" book, Volume III, page ll4 (name misspelled). I am also listed in the Don Peterson, Ph.D., book, "Fish Decoy Makers Past and Present", just off the press. |
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Today you will
find my decoys on two prints and they also are to be found nationwide. I have
several decoys in the "Decoy Museum" at Havre d'Grace, Maryland. Among
the awards for decoy making, the most recent is an "Honorable Mention"
for a Northern Pike decoy submitted to the Greater Michigan Decoy Show, last
September, 2000. Each winter I teach classes for fish carving and fish decoy
making at our local Community Education Program. My shop was invaded, one time,
by a television crew to record my making of a fish decoy from start to finish,
and that program is often shown on Channel 3 in our area of the state. The fish
is an amazing creation, sublimely fashioned to live in an element entirely
foreign to you and me. I enjoy sharing my appreciation of this fascinating
creature with others. Arlen Svare
You may write to
me at Arlen@ArlenSvare.com or
you may use my online form via your browser if you
click on this link: http://www.ArlenSvare.com/form2email.html
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1239 Summit Avenue
Detroit Lakes, MN 56501
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