Personally, I can't imagine using eel skin because it just sounds creepy. Regardless, when I read the response from Mr. Parrish I had the same thought as you did. Where the heck does he think 'skins', 'furs', 'deer, moose, elk, etc. hair', 'hackle', 'maribou', all sorts of feathers come from? A mixing vat/extrusion devise in some chemical plant! Maybe the Idaho DNR needs to have the word "organic" defined for it? What a ridiculous, yet typical governmental response.