“Hard to tell this thing from a real crappie,” said my friend Dan Scherer, as we passed around the glistening decoy. “Except for we can’t clean and fry it.” In my hands, the crappie was solid, but its ...

I took an 87 lb block of epoxy and wood and carved it into a rainbow trout using bent lamination for the first time. Watch the full process, from rough power carving with a chainsaw to the detailed ...