Hi again Dave

I found a picture of a more deluxe "swan blind" but my crude version worked very well and I would not bother with more.

Waterfowl are not that bright... big, white and with a neck sticking up is likely "good enough".

For my "swan blind", I made a sling seat from a car's shoulder seat belt and pop-riveted the ends around the inner tube. My initial thought was that I could use the buckle to do a fast exit if I capsized in wind or waves. I never did though -- my mass was mostly below the waterline since I made the seat sling long -- and therefore I sat very low (as low at my first picture, and much lower than the one in this current post):

I wish I had some pictures of my blind, but this was pre-digital. frown

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I later made a another floating blind to resemble a muskrat house -- even easier to make (truck inner tube, one seatbelt, chicken wire and cattails). It worked just as well for waterfowl.

However, one day I was dozing in the sun and near crapped my waders when a muskrat tried to get inside with me. Glad there are no pictures of that event. smile

John