This question may sound silly, but I've been wondering something.
From what I've seen thus far, flyfishermen & women are pretty environmentally-friendly and aware, and they encourage others in that as well. But I was curious about the use of lead wire for weighting flies and how that fits in with being eco-friendly. Lead wire is in many fly recipes, and sold all over, but I'm slightly confused about the possible ramifications of using lead for fishing. I suppose this would apply to those leads weights used in other types of fishing as well. Maybe the lead isn't in the water long enough to do any damage as you are fishing, but what if you get it caught in weeds or a fish breaks your line and swims off with it? Isn't it as poisonous/toxic to the aquatic life as it would be to us?

Thanks!

Karli-Rae