Hi Ed, Thanks for mentioning the lead-free solder. The reason I don't use it is because it's lighter and costlier than plain old copper wire.
I've wanted to experiment with tungsten wire but was deflected by the minimum order requirements. Since I don't know if the wire will be malleable enough to be wrapped effectively, I was reluctant to sink $30 into the experiment. It's always been my impression that tungsten filament wire was fairly brittle. Mark --- Ed Engelman/Sue Atkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark > > Lead-free solder is available. For sweating potable water pipes, non-lead > solder has been required for more than ten years here in New York > State-USA. I have used lead-free solder instead of bead heads. > > I often use steel wire and then coat with nail polish. Rusting can still > be a problem even with coating the flies. So when rust shows through --- > you have to go back to the vise. I use twist ties that come with plastic > bags as the source of wire. Strip the paper off and you are good to go. > > Tinned wire lasts longer and is available by the spool. > > Ed Engelman > www.EdEngelman.com > > At 07:30 PM 12/27/2004, you wrote: > > >Thanks for the recomendations - solder is out, and the toobies and > >Dinsamore splitshots sound good for on the leader, but is there anything > >that is lead-free for wrapping the hook prior to tying? > >Thanks, > >Pete > > > >-- Mark Klemick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Another note on solder, Pete... > > > >It's density is only marginally greater than copper ( about 7% more ). So > >it's > >not a good substitute because it's only slightly heavier and then you have > the > >lead pollution factor back into the equation. > > > > > >Mark > > > > > >--- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > Does anyone know of a source for a lead wire substitute? Better yet, > > what > > > *product* do people use these days? I'll buy from byard if he has it... > > > after all, I'm getting the list together :) Is solder (sp?) safe and > heavy > > > enough? I want this item to be able to be wrapped on nymph hooks to > > get them > > > down faster than my .026" copper wire. > > > Thanks a ton, and tight wraps, > > > Pete > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > > Juno Gift Certificates > > > Give the gift of Internet access this holiday season. > > > http://www.juno.com/give > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! > >http://my.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > >________________________________________________________________ > >Juno Gift Certificates > >Give the gift of Internet access this holiday season. > >http://www.juno.com/give > > > ===== Mark Klemick ! GoFishGo ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com
