Tom Matthews

[JEDJR]

Tom, can you give us alittle hint about these new decoys coming out? Goose?,Duck?, what species? would like to know if possible. thanks,Jed

[Tom Matthews]

Jed,

We have everything from Canada goose, snow and speck floaters and shells to magnum mallards, standard mallards, wood ducks, pintails, greenwins, blue-wings and a bunch more for next year. Most all are carved by Fred Zink.

Mack's and Bass Pro both sell them under their private labels this year.

I hope they are half as effective as they were a pain to make. These were a true labor of love.

Thanks for the question,

Tom

[Chris Downs]

Mr. Matthews,

Are these the same decoys that Kelley Powers has in the Final Flight catalog?? If so, you guys have some really great dekes on your hands. I can't wait to get a couple dozen for this season.

[Tom Matthews]

Rocker,

First of all, "Mr. Matthews" is my father! Secondly, I have been in good ol' Mainland China making these bad boys since May 11 so I have not seen Final Flight's catalog, but I think they picked up the decoys this year. We have enough respect for the Powers brothers at Final Flight that they were the first people we showed the decoys to back in February. Tripp and John Ed made several suggestions that we took into account before beginning this massive project.

I am sitting here in a room full of these decoys right now, and I can tell you that they are truly awesome. It's amazing to me how long the world went without decoys that really looked like ducks and geese? What's even more amazing is that it took Fred Zink to figure it out - if you know Fred then you are probably amazed too! I can tell you he has about 20 more new decoys up his sleeve right now - I just make the decoys after he does the carvings and sets up all the molds, etc. It's kind of like picking the ducks after somebody else shoots 'em, but everybody has got to be somewhere I guess.

Pick some up from Final Flight, use them and let us know what you think. We appreciate the support more than you know.

Tom

[Bob Alfieri]

Tom keep up the hard work!! I have many customers just sitting and waiting for the product to hit the door.Fred showed me some of the early carvings just awesome.Good luck and have a safe season.

[JEDJR]

Thanks Tom,Our club purchased alot of these decoys about a month ago from Macks, not knowing anything about em but the realistic look of the decoy sold us. Thanks again Tom and Fred for staying ahead of the game!!

[take-um]

i'm one of bob's best customers so i'm just waitin' patiently. can't wait to give a few dozen of these bad boys a work over for the season. you know put them through a good ole canadian winter