My state seems to be moving lead free little by little so my choice is made for me

Your in Nh? It's not little by little, it's banned, effective 2016.

_{I thought it was lead under a certain weight oz wise. either way my choice is decided for me}

 

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Certain states banned the use of lead under a certain size. When I lived in NY I wasn't able to buy or mail order lead worm weights , so I had to use tungsten.

Now that I live in TN i'm back to lead. To answer your question I don't think it's worth the extra expense.

I can't bring myself to pay that much for tungsten so I go with ultra steel depending on what I'm doing. If I'm using 7" - 8" worms with a 1/4oz weight and I need ultimate feel then I go with ultra steel as you can tell the difference between pea gravel and sand with it and it is very affordable, the only downside is a 1/4oz ultra steel bullet weight is about the size of a 3/8oz lead weight. If I'm in weeds fishing over a muck bottom then it is lead as I'm in a place where losing the rig is highly likely and it doesn't matter how hard the weight is, you aren't going to feel too much more on a soft bottom.

Your in Nh? It's not little by little, it's banned, effective 2016.

yep, only a couple years left till the lead jigs get put aside here in NH, really sucks though because im 16 and dont have a job and i cant afford to pay 6 bucks for 3 weights when my truck guzzles gas at 12 mpg. 

I purchased lead, tungsten and brass weights of all sizes and types for fishing. But I mainly use the brass for my carolina rigs.

So far no problem in using lead in Florida.  I only use lead for 2 applications.  For bucktails I would not want to see the overall size reduced, if a tungsten jig or jig head was made with same dimensions and if I had to buy it I would with no qualms.  The only other time I use lead is bait fishing primarily offshore, for that application the actual size of a weight isn't relevant.  My local shop sells lead (other terminal tackle too) by the piece, not packaged, for example a 1 oz. egg weight is .25 or about $4.00 lb, considerably cheaper than packaged.