I just gotta chime in here. Martins eel skin muddler is awesome. I haven't been able to tie one that comes out as beautiful as Martins yet and I can't bring myself to use his (could I order a replacement???) But I do like to use it as an example fly. There is a picture of it on my website if you folks would like to see it. Martin is a wonderful tyer and his muddlers are pure art... not to mention great fish foolers.
PS-Martin, where do you get the eel skin? BP (from the edge of the earth) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Martin Westbeek Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 4:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [VFB] Carp Again For the record, using eelskin for a muddler wing is not my idea - Jan Reniers of Holland showed it to me, and I think that the Scots used eelskin long ago. Jan's flies are on Henk's site. This Muddler is a great pattern for Lake Oostvoorne. Martin Rene Zillmann wrote: > You refer to the Aal Soup they serve in Northern Germany? > Eel soup wasn't made from Eel in the past. Nowadays they use to put > Eel in it to avoid the questioning of the tourists. > > I would add smoked Eel to the list. Hmmmmm.... > > BTW: Mart Westbeek uses Eel skin for muddler wings. Met him during a > show here in Cologne yesterday. > > Rene > > -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > Datum: Sonntag, 16. M�rz 2003 05:54 > Betreff: Re: [VFB] Carp Again > > In a message dated 3/15/2003 6:49:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> nothing better but eels. > > > > Steamed Eel or Eel Soup? > > > > Delbert (Del) Roberts > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Belton, SC > My little spot on the River of Life > <http://hometown.aol.com/dragonsheart1004/myhomepage/profile.html> > SC Department of Natural Resources Home Page > <http://www.dnr.state.sc.us/> > Fly Fishing World.com Home Page <http://www.flyfishingworld.com/> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Deze e-mail is door E-mail VirusScanner van Planet Internet > gecontroleerd op virussen. Op http://www.planet.nl/evs staat een > verwijzing naar de actuele lijst waar op wordt gecontroleerd.
