Bill, I am proud to say I have eleven of Martin's flies in a frame that he gave me when he was here for the Sowbug last year. The frame with flies are hanging on my wall for all to see. Tony [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bill & Christina wrote: > 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.
