I smoke cigarettes. It’s not a desirable habit, and to all the younger ones that read this forum…it would be wise not to start, as history has proven it is not the best thing for you and rather hard to quit.(PSA done)
That being said I will ocassionaly smoke on the water and was wondering if what those who smoke do with their butts? (insert joke here) I have been using an altoids container in a plastic bag in my vest but it’s not too ideal.
I understand this subject doesn’t come up often, and for good reason, but I thought I’d ask.
Janus
In the US military we were taught to strip out and discard the unused tobacco & ash and then take the paper & filter and put them in your pocket until you could find a suitable disposal site.
Tim
I was never in the Military, (Many thanks to those who are or were!) butt I, too, “Field dress” mine and stick em in my pocket til I can dispose of them properly. I thoroughly dislike seeing skinny white butts floating down the creek.
Kirk
Brian,
A few years ago, James Smith of FAOL made this & sent it to me…it will work perfectly & is so simple to make. It is nothing but a film cannister, a length of stretch cord, & a clip to fasten to vest or lanyard. Simply drill a hole in the bottom, insert cord & knot it & cut an “X” in the cannister top. Put your smoke out & stuff the butt into the cannister. Empty into a trash can when leaving. Here are a couple of pics…
Any questions, shoot me a PM or call…I think you have my cell#.
Mike
Thanks for the replies
Mike that looks perfect. I will make one tonight.
Janus
Hey Mikey! Is there ANY gizmo or gadget that you DON"T have? LOL
That’s the best disposal device I have seen to date. I field strip the butt then put the remnants in my vest pocket until I find a trash receptacle. I would use Mikey’s gizmo if he would make me one and mail it to me. Until then, I will hold his fudge pans hostage. :twisted:
BTW, I did see someone using the Au Sable as an ash tray. Tsk, tsk, tsk.
Joey
yes what Joe said
Janus,
Good thread. Thanks for your considerate efforts. I’m not a smoker but make every effort to carry whatever trash I bring in, out. I even take trash I find out. Nothing worse than hiking in 3-4 miles to find a can, wrapper, chip bag or butt next to “gin-clear” water. Funny thing how 1 piece of trash stands out in these wooded/forrest setting as though it’s calling to be removed.
It is always great to see someone so careful about not litering. A few years ago I had a chain smoker in my boat that kept throwing his butts into the river. Every time he did I grabbed the net and rowed over to the floating butt, messing up the fishing, and had him net the darn thing. After repeated ignored warning when I saw another butt in the river (I had given him and empty soda can to use for the butts) as we approached a good bank I reached up and snipped his leader off halfway up.
I told him that his dad can can fish until I felt ready to stop the boat to re-rig him. When I had him re-rigged I told him as seriously as I could that I have the Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks number in my phone. I then said that if I saw one more butt in the river that there would be an officer waiting to write him up for litering when we get to the ramp. I meant it, and he must have believed me since he did not throw any more butts in the river that day or the next three days.
flybop good story. I have always been aware of it and when I do see someone elses in the water I try and net it and get it out.
I have heard of people using the butts , or at least the filter part as strike indicators…ha! thought that was interesting.
Thank you all for being respectful to others and to our lands(notice I didn’t say “the environment”…hate that stuff.). Nothing I hate more than driving, stopping at a stop light, looking down and seeing 10,000 butts!
I believe Jack Gartside has a pattern using the used filter from a butt.
Yeah … we use to call that “field stripping” the butt. Ah, yes … so many years ago!
Dale
I’ve carried the “X-top film can ash tray” in my vest for several years now. On the outside of it, I glued a strip of the “male”, (the hard, spiky side), strip of Velcro around it. The butts and debris, go inside the film canister, the Velcro on the outside, holds cut off leader and tippet material pieces.
Wouldn’t it be easier to stop smoking and also save some money??? BILL
I make flies out of mine. 
That is great advice! Since I quit I now have the money to take some short fly fishing trips. Also, Amy twisted my arm to get me to take her to the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon this fall and this gave me the funds to do that too. Autumn on Pine Creek, trout fishing and leaf viewing. Does it get any better than that?
She had to twist really hard, ahem, ahem.:lol:
Awesome fly! Oh if only the smallies were back on our beloved Susquehanna River. They would tear that fly up!
Eric,
Don’t you mean, they would inhale that fly. :rolleyes:
Sorry, I could not resist. My bad. :oops::lol:
Hey Joey,
AFTER vacation, I’ll see what I can do, but you’ll have to haul your sorry behind down here for some pond fishin’ to get it! You can bring my pans with you.
Mikey