lead less tackle

some one was asking within the last day or two about lead free weights etc. can't find the other threads we have regarding this but here's one place to look; www.greentackle.com you can thank theNothing for jogging my feeble brain cells, that link came from the bottom of his signature..[WR]

Thanks! Yeah, GreenTackle.com is pretty much the only place that specializes in lead-free fishing tackle.  We're hoping to expand the line up a bit, as well as keeping costs down.  A lot of my time at ICAST was spent looking around for lead-free gear, and there wasn't much.  I did find, however, someone that would make big saltwater jigs, cost seemed about a $1 per ounce, plus shipping (from canada).

There's a bunch of good stuff on GreenTackle.com.  I'm especially fond of BioLine, and have heen using it for 2 years now.

We're hoping to expand the line up a bit, as well as keeping costs down.  A lot of my time at ICAST was spent looking around for lead-free gear, and there wasn't much.

"We"? So this is your venture?


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EPA denies petition to ban lead in fishing tackleBy FREDERIC J. FROMMER
WASHINGTON The Environmental Protection Agency denied on Thursday a petition by several environmental groups to ban lead in fishing tackle, two months after rejecting the groups' attempt to ban it in hunting ammunition.The EPA said that the petition did not demonstrate that a ban on lead in fishing tackle was necessary to protect against unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment, as required by the Toxic Substances Control Act.In a letter to the American Bird Conservancy, one of the groups that filed the petition, EPA Assistant Administrator Stephen A. Owens said that a number of steps are being taken to address the concerns of lead in fishing tackle. Among them: limitations of lead in fishing gear on some federal lands; bans or restrictions on the state level; and federal and state outreach and education efforts.
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I dunno why I why I threw that "we" in there.  Just cause I've hung out and talked shop with him a time or two I guess.