Adam Saarinen 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2015 I smoke! A lot while fishing! And i was guilty of throwing my butts in the water, here there & everywhere! A couple of years ago while fishing a local fishery i noticed when back at my car. A lot of butts on the ground, mostly white & i thought maybe most of these are mine cos' i smoke menthol! Not a nice feeling!:-( I picked up all the butts in the small carpark, almost 1 litre & put them in the bin! When i went home i looked for a small plastic vitamin tablet jar with a threaded lid & the next day went to the hardware store to buy a couple of things! I drilled a small hole in the lid, took a small bolt that had a eye at the end like the eye on a hook, threaded a nut all the way to the eye, then a washer, then plastic lid, then another washer, then another nut! A small aluminium clip like rock climbers use keeps the eye on top of the lid hooked to my hip, belt for example! You unscrew the jar from the lid while wading, fishing or just walking to the car & put the butt in the jar, once put out ofcourse, also good place to put tippet rubbish, then put everything in the bin! I have used this little jar to put all my butts while fishing for 2 whole years now & feel good!:-) Few people have asked me what is in that jar? I say worms!:-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Henrik Thomsen (DK) 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2015 Good to hear. Most people don't know that butts like these survives at least 18 years when left in nature and often much longer. Henrik Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piker20 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2015 There was an English fly that used the smoked filter for the body of the fly. The smoked filter gives that brown shade difficult to achieve from traditional dye. Cant think of its name now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
artimus001 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2015 i field strip them and into a pocket they go. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philly 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2015 Might think about tying a fly with one. When I was in the "catch and keep" mode prior to taking up fly fishing, more than once when cleaning trout, including wild ones I found cigarette butts in their stomachs. So much for selectivity. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vicrider 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2015 When I worked in surveys on the roads in MN we were walking a bridge one day and in the corner of the bridge was a pocket that must have swirled the winds just right because it was like a 2'x3' by 1' deep ashtray. More than a little disgusting. All those butts people flip out on the in town freeways gather somewhere and NO...they don't just disappear. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saltybum 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2015 Why not just quit and maybe fly fish a few years longer and healthier. I did many, many years ago. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hatchet Jack 0 Report post Posted February 20, 2015 Brownline Innovation: 1955's Patented Cigarette Butt Flyhttp://flyfishmagazine.blogspot.com/2013/10/brownline-innovation-1955s-patented.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chase Creek 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2015 My hat's off to you. I'm a Leave No Trace Master Educator, and we stress the "life" of discarded items - butts among them. People don't realize how long things last when tossed on the ground. A good solution. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adam Saarinen 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2015 Actually, the salmon bomber dryfly was invented buy a guy who through his cigar butt into the water & seen a salmon take it from the surface! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crackaig 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2015 Colin, it was called the Filtip by Dick Walker. Must be a Consulate butt though. Cheers, C. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adam Saarinen 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2015 Thanks Chase Creek! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JSzymczyk 0 Report post Posted February 21, 2015 I've read that all the toxins contained in discarded cigarette butts would add up to millions of TONS of HazMat dumped into your environment annually... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saltybum 0 Report post Posted February 22, 2015 Jack Gartside died of lung cancer as did my mother at age 50. She started smoking as a teenager as I did. It's terrible painful way to die. JUST QUIT THE FILTHY ADDICTION!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mybadhabit 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2015 In April of this year it will be 23 years since my last one, and I love not forking over $12 buck a day for such a habit now. I could say that not smoking has more than paid my way into my tying addiction, not a bad trade off if I do say so. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites