From: Ken Fortenberry

As to the question at hand, you're wrong. Amadou removes the water
AND the slime and using an Amadou prepares the fly for the next
application of Frog Fanny better than anything I've ever used.
And that includes a cotton T-shirt, a piece of auto chamois, and
a piece of Cabela's Samadou.

Never used Amadou. I've used Samadou and chamois, and, IMO, the chamois is
cheaper and works better than Samadou. I used to try to use a fleece patch,
which didn't work at all.

The way I treat a slimed fly is as follows:

Make a couple of short casts away from where the fish are, slapping the fly
sharply on the surface.

Dry the fly with the chamois.

Apply Frog's Fanny (Or Cab-O-Sil)

This procedure works quite well, even with the ostrich herl and cdc midge
patterns I have been using recently.



George Adams

"All good fishermen stay young until they die, for fishing is the only dream of
youth that doth not grow stale with age."
---- J.W Muller