Mary Ann. I forgot about "Gorilla Snot" and I LOVE saying it! Here's something that Earl Scruggs wrote about in his banjo book. Rub violin rosin on your fingers. Now of course he always worked with a fiddler so it was close at hand. You may prefer to go into a music store and ask for rosin rather than Snot...Personally I just squeeze the suckers so tight they've changed the shape of my fingers over the years! Seed's right about the adhesive tape. I've seen lots of folks use that. Rog, I've tried Pro picks and it'a neat idea. If they'd been around at the beginning I'd probably use them.