D401 High head Canvasback Drake by James T. Holly (1855-1935) Havre de Grace, Maryland
James "Jim", the youngest of John ‘Daddy’ Holly’s three sons, was born and raised in in Havre de Grace, Harford County, Maryland. Although he made decoys, he is best known as a builder of bushwack or sneak boats, a distinct style of boat used on the Susquehanna Flats and adjacent rivers. The boat was designed and built primarily for gunning. They varied in length from 16 to 20 feet and were 20 inches deep. The length and depth were a requirement of the state of Maryland for use in gunning.Jim Holly’s decoys did not follow the lines of his father’s; Jim’s decoys had a longer body, more upsweep in the tails, rounder in the back and thinner heads
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