Keith
The fisherman who gives me the skins strips the skin from the eel, so what I
get is a bag full of skins, inside out. I cut them open, wash them and add
some salt or dishwasher soap to the water to degrease them. It's a messy
job... After 5 minutes I rinse with fresh water, spread the skins on a
smooth piece of hardboard, and air dry them (in the wind and the shade). The
dry skin will be a semitranslucent shade of grey.
When the skin (muddler wing) gets wet, it gets soft and floppy, and if you
put the fly away to dry, the skin will twist and curl up until the next time
you fish the muddler; then wet it gets soft again.
I'll bring you one
Mart
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Passant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:49 PM
Subject: RE: [VFB] Eels skin
Look forward to seeing them sport. I really like the eelskin patterns.
Does
the skin go floppy when fished or is it cured to retain its shape and
outline?
KP
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On
Behalf Of Martin Westbeek
Sent: 26 October 2006 18:48
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [VFB] Eels skin
Yes, I tied them, Keith, but a fellow Dutch tyer, Jan Reniers, introduced
me
to them. My only addition is some flash under the wing, which I think
gives
the pattern a little more "life".
The wet flies are ready - yes, the swappers will receive a Spanish Fly
from
me - 24 Palarettas waiting to be taken to the BFF. Not modern at all, they
are very traditional. Wet fly hook, thread body, thread rib, CdL wing,
thread head. that's it. The only modern abomination is that I used CA glue
instead of varnish. I'm not really a stick-in-the-mud ;-)
Mart
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