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ALVIN DEDEAUX: Another important item to have in your vest or your box or your *** pack
is split shot. This will help you get your flies to sink. They come in all different
sizes, shapes, even different materials, lead being the most common. But there's a lot of
places now where you actually can't use lead, so there's a split shot made of tin, there's
a split shot made of tungsten, there's split shot painted different colors to match the
bottom, there's split shot with little rubber inserts so they don't pinch your line. For
something as simple as a chunk of lead, there's a lot of options out there. I just buy a bunch
of different ones, dump them in the same little cup and just dig through there when I need
one.