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I use tungsten for 95% of my weighted soft plastics. the only place I don't is for pitching/flipping. One reason is because I don't pitch/flip much and when I do it is usually a jig. The other reason is cost. $5 for a 1-oz. sinker is way more that I will pay.
I really like tungsten for T-rigging. I can feel bites better than with lead. At least I believe I can, which means I can.
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I love tungsten it's all I use. They're sensitive, small, and the paint hasn't chipped on me yet. I like the bass pro shops tungsten. The ones I use the most are the big flippin weights with a screw in head.
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I've used both, and honestly, I notice no major difference at all! I'll be fine with using lead for the rest of life thank you very much!
well... the only time I would use tungsten again is if I was pitching thick grass mats, but only because of it's low profile!
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I use Tungsten. The feel and profile is far superior, and really I may lose one weight per outting. My hooks cost more than the weights do.
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i have switched over to tungsten weights and i love them. i like their low profile and sensitivity. from what i have reasearched bass pro seems to have the cheapest packaged tungsten weights unless you want to buy in bulk then go to bulktungsten.com
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Poor man here, still using lead.
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I like tungsten but it's too expensive for me to completely switch over from lead. I mainly use tungsten when pitching heavy soft plastics to slop mats, where the smaller profile of the sinker makes a big difference.
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Tungsten here. far more sensitive and low profile.
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Lead, except if I am fishing in California, it seems to cause cancer there. Actually water seems to cause cancer in California
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I want to switch to tungsten but have not made the jump yet , although I recently started using tungsten jigs and am loving those
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I will only use tungsten for the same reasons already mentioned, the small profile, and the sensitivity.
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