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tlapinski · 02-13-2004, 08:50 AM

it is your basic eelskin article.

1) - get eels. either buy them or catch them. i catcht them since the ones that live on the CT river are way bigger than any you will find in a tackle shop bait tank.

2) - kill the eels. you can either put them in a bag and freeze them, or pout them in a 5 gallon bucket brine sollution like i do.

3) - skin the eels. take a new razor blade and make a shallow cut around the "neck" of the eel. you only want to cut throught the skin, not into the meat. peel the skin back s-l-o-w-l-y. take care in this step not to tear the skin or get too much meat attatched. around the "vent" is s aticky spot sometimes. if you are having trouble grabbing the skin, a pair of pliers can help.

4)- put the skin on the plug. i use many different types of plugs such as needlefish, rebels, atom juniors, 40's, dannys, etc... match the skin to the plug. you want the skin to be just a tiny bit larger diameter than the plug so that it goes on easily, but is not baggy. remove the hooks from the plug and pull the skin up to the swim plate/metal lip. leave a length of tail off the back of the plug roughly 1/3 the length of the plug. i have heard many different takes on the skin lengths. you will learn what is too much and what is too little. attach the skin to the plug by wrapping thread/dental floss/wire etc.... around the front of the skin. trim back any excess skin on the front, add hooks, and fish it around rocky shorelines!

how is that?

02-13-2004, 08:50 AM	#10
tlapinski All up in the Interweb! iTrader: (1) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In the dog house. Posts: 5,209	it is your basic eelskin article. 1) - get eels. either buy them or catch them. i catcht them since the ones that live on the CT river are way bigger than any you will find in a tackle shop bait tank. 2) - kill the eels. you can either put them in a bag and freeze them, or pout them in a 5 gallon bucket brine sollution like i do. 3) - skin the eels. take a new razor blade and make a shallow cut around the "neck" of the eel. you only want to cut throught the skin, not into the meat. peel the skin back s-l-o-w-l-y. take care in this step not to tear the skin or get too much meat attatched. around the "vent" is s aticky spot sometimes. if you are having trouble grabbing the skin, a pair of pliers can help. 4)- put the skin on the plug. i use many different types of plugs such as needlefish, rebels, atom juniors, 40's, dannys, etc... match the skin to the plug. you want the skin to be just a tiny bit larger diameter than the plug so that it goes on easily, but is not baggy. remove the hooks from the plug and pull the skin up to the swim plate/metal lip. leave a length of tail off the back of the plug roughly 1/3 the length of the plug. i have heard many different takes on the skin lengths. you will learn what is too much and what is too little. attach the skin to the plug by wrapping thread/dental floss/wire etc.... around the front of the skin. trim back any excess skin on the front, add hooks, and fish it around rocky shorelines! how is that?
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