Is there a non-paper filter that goes onto the carb

[slikside]

I've never had anything but the paper filter at the carb inlet. I had a disintegrated sock in the tank that clogged the filter, and such, but I've never had an issue with the filter being paper. It's always done the job. The problem was that it got overloaded from the crap in the tank. I presume other types of filters would have been overloaded as well.