WHERE
TO USE THE FLAT SWIVEL PEAR LEAD Again hard bottoms are the place for these designs; the short condensed
shape of this lead coupled with the two flat sides makes it the perfect lead
for bolt rigs at short to medium range. By its very nature the flat pear
lead lends itself to being fished on marginal slopes, the sides or back or
gravel bars and in rivers. But, in fact it is open of the most effective
shapes at short to medium range because it holds so well on the lake bed and
offers so much resistance to a moving carp. Korda have also seen that this type
of lead is by far the most like a stone on the lake bed and during the
Filming of Parts 1, 3 and 4 this lead blended in better than any other.
Popular misconception 'Flat leads sit on silt'. This does not happen, any
lead finds its easiest path through the water so instead of fluttering down
to the lake bed a nose heavy flat lead like this will plummet down side on
and nose first. Making it probably less effective in the silt than say a
Swivel Pear lead, having said that it is devastating on gravel and is
Danny's first choice in these close range hard bottomed situations.
