tru Tungsten

flfireman · 02-10-11, 11:10 PM

Heard from my local tackle shop today...trutungsten is closing up shop. He said his supplier still has stuff, but they will not be able to replace it when it's gone.

BigBassin144 · 02-10-11, 11:31 PM

Interesting. Probably tough since there are so many competitors now compared to a couple years ago.

I'll be waiting for the discounts!

BB

islandbass · 02-10-11, 11:46 PM

That's too bad. I won't use W because it is too expensive for my blood and I can lose a lot of weights in a span of as little as 15 minutes in the rip rap that fish most of the time. So it's lead for me, until that is banned.

screwballl · 02-11-11, 03:58 PM

That may be some of the goals... artificially keep tungsten prices high to keep people from buying them in larger quantities like they do lead, and slowly work towards a lead ban so all we are left with is unweighted lures and live bait.

nofearengineer · 02-11-11, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by screwballl

That may be some of the goals... artificially keep tungsten prices high to keep people from buying them in larger quantities like they do lead, and slowly work towards a lead ban so all we are left with is unweighted lures and live bait.

I don't think Tungsten prices are that artificially high.....sure, a bit, but Tungsten is a lot harder to cast from, as the melting point is so much higher. It can't really be done by a garage foundry.

But I don't miss your point about the idiots trying to ban lead......ridiculous.

TN_Bassin · 02-12-11, 02:35 AM

That's too bad. With TT out of the game, and after the whole clearance blows away, the other tungsten companies will probably jack prices up.

keithdog · 02-14-11, 07:34 AM

I was at our BPS yesterday and there wasn't a single package of Tru-Tungstin to be had. The prices on the BPS tungstin weights seemed pretty average though.

3dkicker · 02-15-11, 05:45 PM

Kind of expected after talking with Denny B a couple weeks ago. He said they were having a tough time paying their bills. He wasn't happy with the situation since they owed him money. Keep an eye out for Strike King to come out with some tungsten weights in the near future.

02-10-11, 11:10 PM	#1
flfireman BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Palm Bay, Fl Posts: 2,751	tru Tungsten Heard from my local tackle shop today...trutungsten is closing up shop. He said his supplier still has stuff, but they will not be able to replace it when it's gone. __________________ In the Lord all things are possible.

02-10-11, 11:31 PM	#2
BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	Interesting. Probably tough since there are so many competitors now compared to a couple years ago. I'll be waiting for the discounts! BB __________________ As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!

02-10-11, 11:46 PM	#3
islandbass BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: WA State Posts: 1,783	That's too bad. I won't use W because it is too expensive for my blood and I can lose a lot of weights in a span of as little as 15 minutes in the rip rap that fish most of the time. So it's lead for me, until that is banned. __________________ ARX "If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." Doug Larson (Shimano 2005 Reel Catalog)

02-12-11, 02:35 AM	#6
TN_Bassin BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Bon Aqua,TN Posts: 1,013	That's too bad. With TT out of the game, and after the whole clearance blows away, the other tungsten companies will probably jack prices up. __________________ Other anglers are tough, but the fish are the real competition.

02-14-11, 07:34 AM	#7
keithdog BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: IN Posts: 8,308	I was at our BPS yesterday and there wasn't a single package of Tru-Tungstin to be had. The prices on the BPS tungstin weights seemed pretty average though. __________________ Just one more cast, and then some!

02-11-11, 03:58 PM	#4
screwballl BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NWFL Posts: 654	That may be some of the goals... artificially keep tungsten prices high to keep people from buying them in larger quantities like they do lead, and slowly work towards a lead ban so all we are left with is unweighted lures and live bait.

02-15-11, 05:45 PM	#8
3dkicker BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Spotsylvania, VA Posts: 4,483	Kind of expected after talking with Denny B a couple weeks ago. He said they were having a tough time paying their bills. He wasn't happy with the situation since they owed him money. Keep an eye out for Strike King to come out with some tungsten weights in the near future. __________________ Smitty www.smittystubes.com

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