PVA bags for carp fishing:
PVA is the abbreviation for (Poly vinyl Alcohol) and is a product used in the fishing fraternity especially when fishing for carp. Over recent years PVA has become widely available in our tackle shops and comes in a variety of forms, each carrying different melting properties. PVA can come in either bag, tape or string form and can be used to help with precision baiting when fishing.

How to set up a PVA bag system for carp fishing:
First of all you need a length of rig tubing my preference is Korda Sinking Rig Tubing (0.75mm) brown colour, my water contains very little silt so therefore I need to hide as much of the rig as possible.

Then thread a length of diamond pole threader up the rig tubing until it reaches the other side, this practice makes threading the braid much easier.

Thread the mainline through the diamond eye threader which it is designed to thread pole elastic but works just as well for braid or mono line.

Pull the wire threader until you see your mainline.

Wet the end of the rig tubing as this makes it easy to thread into the tail rubber.

Then thread the inline weight on to your mainline like I have in the picture.

And join it to the tail rubber, pictured below..

Tie on your swivel and push it in position inside the housing on the weight.

Add your hooklengh and hook. The lengh of your hook link is personal choice really however, sometimes longer lenghs can increase your chances of a fish if the fish on the venue are rig shy.

Here comes the tricky part, take hold of your PVA bag.

Place your hook bait in that bag.

You may at this stage remove the rubber band from the weight and slide it up your mainline ready to secure the bag to the rig. Add a few free baits like pellets, broken boilies or even oil attractants and then place the weight just inside the bag and bring down the rubber ring to secure the bag to the weight..

There you are all ready to cast out and catch a fish.

You can also try using small PVA bags as shown in the pictures below I use this method more often than not and find I can cast without fear of the bag coming off mid cast. (Remember to pierce the bag with your boilie pin just to release the excess air in the bag).

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