Vermont Bans Lead Split Shot

Nymph fishermen take note: Vermont banned the use of lead in small fishing weights as of the first of the year. “John Hall, spokesman for Vermont’s Fish and Wildlife Department, said lead sinkers are a problem for loons, bald eagles, great blue herons and kingfishers

. Split shot, which anglers would clamp on their fishing lines, was the biggest problem for the state’s birds, he said.” Bob Audette in the Brattleboro, Vermont Reformer.