If anyone is interested, last Thursday, the EPA rejected the petition to ban all lead in fishing tackle. The EPA and members of Congress received around 43,000 angry letters (mine included), and wisely backed-down.

But, I don't think this is over, yet. If they act true-to-form, be ready for this to come up again, probably tacked on to some amendment that has nothing to do with fishing, or outdoors, and no one will even notice it. The elections are over now, so be ready for more shenanigans from the Hill.