Dispenser for use in treating artificial flies

A device for drying artificial flies used in fishing as well as for dispensing hydrophobic and hydrophilic substances to be applied to artificial flies used in fishing, said device comprising

• first and second, water absorbing, substantially planar, drying pads;
• a first polymeric bag, said first polymeric bag being made of flexible polymeric side walls that are substantially planar and parallel with each other, with said side walls of said first polymeric bag being sealed together about the periphery of said side walls of said first polymeric bag to form an enclosed space between the side walls of said first polymeric bag;
• a hydrophilic, thixotropic material comprising a thixotropic agent consisting of (1) bentonite clay or hydrophilic amorphous fumed silica and (2) a non-toxic, substantially non-volatile, liquid surfactant that contains hydroxyl or other polar groups, said hydrophilic, thixotropic material being contained inside said enclosed space between said side walls of said first polymeric bag;
• a small hole having an effective diameter no greater than about 1/8 inch, said hole being located closely adjacent to or at a lower corner of said first polymeric bag, such that the hydrophilic, thixotropic material will be retained in said first polymeric bag unless the first polymeric bag is squeezed to extrude the hydrophilic, thixotropic material from said first polymeric bag;
• a second polymeric bag, said second polymeric bag being made of flexible polymeric side walls that are substantially planar and parallel with each other, with said side walls of said second polymeric bag being sealed together about the periphery of the side walls of said second polymeric bag to form an enclosed space between the side walls of said second polymeric bag;
• a sheet of open celled, foamed polymeric material contained in said enclosed space between the side walls of said second polymeric bag;
• finely powdered amorphous hydrophobic fumed silica contained in said enclosed space between the side walls of said second polymeric bag, with said fumed silica permeating the open cells of said sheet of open celled, foamed polymeric material;
• a pin hole in one of the side walls of said second polymeric bag, said pin hole having an effective diameter of between about 10 and 50 mils, whereby when said second polymeric bag is squeezed an air dispersion in the form of a small cloud of fumed silica is ejected from said pin hole;
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• means for supporting said first and second drying pads and said first and second polymeric bags so that (1) said first and second drying pads lie alongside each other, (2) said first polymeric bag lies alongside said first drying pad, and (3) said second polymeric bag lies alongside said second drying pad.