Pecos, thanks for the idea of washing them, I can't wait to get my tan kit, I have it hanging right now drying, I think I did a good job fleshing I keept getting little bits of the membrane I think, it was sorta stringy and that was in areas that had no muscle, or fat. I deffinatly think that the article river runner typed up was great and is worth the time to read (sure did tell me a lot more than many other things that I had found online). Now everything else is up to me and hopefully I am doing it correctly.