A sinker weight adapted to be placed on a fishing hook and a system that is a fishing hook having a sinker weight disposes thereon and means for retaining the sinker weight to the hook. The sinkers are of various shapes but are thin and substantially flat—somewhat like a “pancake”. In the system (rig) they are free to move on the shank of the hook and therefore provide action that can be attractive to fish. They may be easily constructed of non-lead materials.
