Cass OzFish

@Peter KH Hi, thanks for coming back to me, great questions. All of the metal parts (including lead) of rec fishing gear that comes back to us goes into metal recycling - this is usually past of local council's metal recycling. We're actually trying to find a supplier of ceramic sinkers in Australia as an alternative to lead, but at the moment there doesn't seem to be much of an alternative to lead sinkers. As for the float, yes it will be the same price point so its really easy to switch, but we're still finalising the details. More to come, my hope is they'll be available to purchase by 2025.

Thanks Donna, I really appreciate that. I hope they'll be really well received.. they're a bit long I admit, but good if you've got a big drive ahead! If I'm not putting a topic in the right place, let me know where it best fits, where people will be looking for that sort of material. Look forward to sharing. Cass

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I love this topic on repairing rods and reels! I also wanted to share that you can now recycle your old tackle with OzFish though our TackleLoop program, its as simple as dropping your old (clean-ish) tackle into a post-bag or box, addressing it with our reply paid and dropping it at your nearest Aust Post Office or Post Box. OzFish Unlimited TackleLoop Reply Paid 91075 Ballina NSW 2478 Right now we're working towards our first recycled fishing-plastic product, a crab-trap float (to replace the polystyrene ones). More here: Tackle Loop | OzFish Unlimited

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