Carp lead Flatliner Pear Inline Korda

By its nature, the flat pear sits on the bottom and gives its best on gentle slopes and gravel bars in rivers. In fact, it is one of the most effective shapes at short to medium range as it holds very well on the bottom and offers good resistance to moving carp. We also found that this type of sinker is the most rock-like in the substrate and during the filming of Chapters 1, 3 and 4 of the Underwater movies, it was the pattern that camouflaged best with its environment.

One of the popular adages that says flat sinkers are made for mud is actually quite false. Each sinker will find its way into the water layers according to its shape. So instead of fluttering in the water, a sinker like this will sink steeply, nose first. This will probably make it less effective than a Swivel Pear in the mud, but it will be devastating on gravel. It's Danny's number one choice for short-range fishing on hard bottom.

Danny said during the filming of Chapter 3 of the Underwater movies, "I tried a Flatliner Pear on the steep gravel slope to see if it would catch a fish faster than a swivel sinker of the same shape, and I was surprised that it did! I've been testing lead clips for so long that I've totally ignored in-line leads. Not anymore!