You're very welcome. I've tied several of these. Don't have it mastered yet, but am looking forward to fishing them.

I also saw Charlie tie a new variation of this at a recent tying seminar. I'm really looking forward to when he posts the instructions for that one as it looks even more realistic.

One thing I noticed at the seminar that is not in the posted instructions is that he deliberately puts an upward slope in the tail end when he is gluing them. That makes it even more realistic when you do the razor cut.

I also asked him about the razor and found that the single edged safety razor I was using is nowhere near as think and sharp as the broken half double blade razor he uses in his instructions.

Hope this helps.

Charlie is a great guy and a great tyer.

[This message has been edited by oldfrat (edited 16 April 2006).]