On Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:51:26 -0500, JustWait wrote:

On 12/17/2011 10:45 PM, Bob Crachet wrote:
http://outdoornews.com/massachusetts...871e3ce6c.html


I notice they let the buzz bait and fly manufacturers off the hook
(pardon the pun) as it were...

Don't recall the use of much lead in flies or buzz baits.

On 12/18/11 8:20 PM, Happy JH wrote:
On Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:51:26 -0500, wrote:

On 12/17/2011 10:45 PM, Bob Crachet wrote:
http://outdoornews.com/massachusetts...871e3ce6c.html


I notice they let the buzz bait and fly manufacturers off the hook
(pardon the pun) as it were...

Don't recall the use of much lead in flies or buzz baits.


Many who tie their own flies use lead wire to give the end product a bit
of weight. There are wire products that can be used in place of lead. If
memory serves, and it's been a long time since I fished lakes with buzz
baits...some of them use lead heads.



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On Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:33:01 -0500, X ` Man wrote:

On 12/18/11 8:20 PM, Happy JH wrote:
On Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:51:26 -0500, wrote:

On 12/17/2011 10:45 PM, Bob Crachet wrote:
http://outdoornews.com/massachusetts...871e3ce6c.html


I notice they let the buzz bait and fly manufacturers off the hook
(pardon the pun) as it were...

Don't recall the use of much lead in flies or buzz baits.


Many who tie their own flies use lead wire to give the end product a bit
of weight. There are wire products that can be used in place of lead. If
memory serves, and it's been a long time since I fished lakes with buzz
baits...some of them use lead heads.

Shows my ignorance of fly-tieing. Lead wire would be pretty bad. Maybe I could cover it with grass
and feed it to the swans in the bay.

On 12/18/2011 8:20 PM, Happy JH wrote:
On Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:51:26 -0500, wrote:

On 12/17/2011 10:45 PM, Bob Crachet wrote:
http://outdoornews.com/massachusetts...871e3ce6c.html


I notice they let the buzz bait and fly manufacturers off the hook
(pardon the pun) as it were...

Don't recall the use of much lead in flies or buzz baits.

"Other types of sinkers, fishing lures, and/or fishing tackle including,
artificial lures, hooks, weighted flies, lead-core, buzz-baits, spinner
baits, or other weighted fishing lines may still be used for freshwater
fishing."

Most of that stuff is gonna' be from the big manufacturers as well as
lots of local one man fly tie operations... The pressure would have been
great if they went after them too.

As to someone who suggested they won't enforce it, bull ****. That's
Mass, and like CT, the DEP are fierce and sneaky... I guarantee very few
informed fishermen will break the regs up there. They take your gear
around here when you are caught poaching or breaking those kinds of
laws...