one of the problems with finding tinder in the wet woods is that you become wet looking for it.really--pushing thru the brush or among the trees to find a place sheltered enough to come up with the amount of dry tinder you would need to start a fire,let alone fire wood,is something you better be doing in a full rain suit.in my neck of the woods,Northern Minnesota,i can look around for a minute--yes minute--and come up with a pile of Birch bark that would cook a moose or find nothing but moss covered rotten Aspen.i have made many,many fires on wet days and all that Scout handbook,survival manual advice on looking for mouse nests or under a leaf is for the birds,which is why i always take a fire starter of some/many types.