I treat the Snow shoe hair like I would CDC. No paste floatant, then some 'frog's fanny' once they get water logged. Great for early run off fishing, after a dunking the water logged SS can be dried with a few false casts and it floats again.

The curly nature of the fibers can be hard to work with. I use a small moustache comb to comb it out nice and neat before cutting a clump off the hide.