While on a fly tying forum I read about amadou as the secret to successfully fishing CDC patterns. Since you don't apply floatant to CDC and it can quickly become a sopping, sinking blob, it can be a bit tedious fishing those patterns, but since they're so damn effective it's worth dealing with the high-maintenance.
Enter Hareline's Foam Amadou Dryer pad. I picked up the large size (2"×4") from intheriffle.com over the winter and have been using it quite a bit this spring. From Hareline's to-the-point product description, it "sucks water from your wet dry flies like a sponge." Actually, quite a bit better than a sponge, I'd say. Simply squeeze your fly between the two pads for a few seconds et voila, it's dry. You may need to fluff it up a bit, but as far as quick and easy fly drying, this little pad is amazing.
(And speaking of fluffing up your fly, I use an old Rx bottle filled with those little silica desiccant beads that come in electronics shipments. Toss your fly in, shake it up a bit, and off you go!)
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