One of my hobbies is fishing, and it just so happensthat Texas, where I live, is one of thebest states for fishing.

When I’m not fishing with a lure, I like to use atungsten slip sinker, which is nice for a couple of reasons:

Traditional lead sinkers are potentially bad for the environmentand bad for you. Tungsten has a higher density than lead (19.3g/cm319.3 g/cm^{3}19.3g/cm3 versus 11.3g/cm311.3 g/cm^{3}11.3g/cm3), arguably making it better sinker material.The primary disadvanta...