Theo’s Eelskin Flies Conquer All
A couple of days before the International Fly Tying Symposium (held Nov. 23, 24) Theo Bakellar, Ben Furimski, and I spent a day fishing for stripers. Theo fished with a variety of his eelskin flies. These are tied with a strip of freshwater eelskin. The skin is very thin and flexible, and so, swims very well. Theo sometimes cuts the skin into a slight spiral to make it swim even better. And the eelskin is very tough—and perhaps smells a bit of eel, too.
There was no doubt that these flies work. While I winched up one shark after another, and Ben took blues and stripers, Theo had at them all with an eelskin Deep Clouser Minnow. In addition, he caught flounder and a squid. Yes, a squid. There must be something to the eelskin imitations.
A nice striper with the trailing tail of the eelskin fly hanging out of its mouth.
The blues certainly had no aversion to the eelskin Deep Clouser.
Yup, a flounder on the eelskin fly.
Not to be outdone by my fixation on sharks, Theo had to catch one too.
To prove his superior ability, Theo caught a squid. Good for you Theo; where are the sharks?