I was crawling out of the steelhead river and grabbed a telephone pole that was cut off so that I could get up the bank easier. I then grabbed my fly rod before I noticed that I had tar on my hand. Now my pretty new cork looks like, well you get the idea. I don't mind a little fish slime patina or look to a used cork, but this is just not right. Before I make things worse, any ideas on how to take off the tar without messing up the cork? Gas or some other chemical will probably work great at getting the tar off but I don't want my fishing equipment to smell like gasoline. Open to ideas from yet another wonderfully dumb move on my part.

Thanks for ideas in advance,

Rick