Another way to get eelskins is to ask your local bait shop. I asked Beverly at Big Bear in Glocester RI and she got me 2 dozen from her bait supplier. They were big skins that had been salted and dried. I still have a few and they are perfect after 5 years.
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.