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[Morty]

I'm thinking this year that I would rather recycle some weights rather than put the lead into the river.

There seems to be a point in Betty's life when that attachment loop gets beat down so much that it breaks trough and we lose the lead.  What I'd like to do is stop using the weight just before that happens and hopefully trade them in for a credit towards new ones.  Anybody out there "casting" weights?

[lude98r]

good idea what r u thinking? my bro casts bettys for me and friends

[fish_on]

Wondering there must be hundreds of those in the Fraser from Seabird to Scale!!! Will they ever break down?

[Gooey]

If you are on the north shore, I will take any scrap lead you have.  Drop me an email if you want to work something out.

In terms of lead "breaking down" its a pure element, it will new "break down" or decompose. there is probably a big turn in the river or a certain spot where the velocity slows too much and I bet there's literally a ton of lead sitting there sinking into the river bed (just like how gold accumulates in the bends of rivers).  Anyhow elemental lead is not really water soluable and those betties are unlikely to be ingested by any aquatic marine life so I don't think you need to feel too guilts about snapping a few off in the river.

[BNF861]

In march or april, we were out on the fraser and stopped by a few popular bb spots. At that time the river was so low that where people would cast to during the season was now not under water. Within a couple minutes of walking the bank we came across a huge amount of bettys that people had snagged up and lost. Would be nice to melt them down and turn them into wedge weights 

[leadbelly]

We did that for years, i sold em at one time too.
Ive still got a bucketfull, still looking for a wedge mold...
Sad part is, its not just betties, its lead in all shapes and sizes, massive tangles of line, rusty hooks other kinds of tackle plus garbage of all kinds, we used to have a blast collecting it all, buddy found a gold ring, I found an eagle with no talons, agates all kinds of stuff

[jetboatjim]

I have a wedge mold if anyone wants to trade for lead.....14-16 oz's

jimandre@shaw.ca

[canso]

bring me 20lbs of lead and i will make you a 12lb down rigger ball

[leadbelly]

email sent to jetboatjim.And yes I have a respitator and gloves
some of my lead:

[jeff]

WOW is all I can say to that.

[troutbreath]

Can't say that the Sockeye season dosen't provide a good wack of free lead for those inclined. I have a bucket load of them from the past when the Socks were open. The gift that keeps on giving.

Speaking of regifting:

http://www.regiftable.com/RegiftingRobinPopUp.html

[jeff]

Troutbreath your regifting thing is creppy i cant figure it out.

[fish_on]

Hey leadbelly...these must have been collected over a few seasons? just got dizzy looking at that many different kinds of betties, pencils etc!!!

[penn]

 Just get a mold and recycle them yourself . Been doing that for years . I retire most before they get to the fall off stage and they get re-molded into new ones . Mold was about $60ish  when I got it . How long would it take to pay that much for weights?