Lornce has got it right. Only I don't wash the skin as it keeps the bugs from eating it at a later date. i have been doing bird and animal hides with borax or alum for 60 years and I still have pheasent skins that are about 40 years old and still OK. I keep pheseant and partridge skins complete. Tacked to cardboard boxes like Lorance to tan, then into a plastic ziplock bag. I no longer bother with grouse skins but I sure do use Mallard drake skins, They are great for rolled muddlers. One of my go -to flies. Probably my most used fly. I have never had a skin or hide bothered buy bugs that have been preserved with borax.
Bjay
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