In reply to Post #15
You've summed up the issue and options perfectly.
Mostly i use a supple braid and will hook on small mesh bags for shorter casts or on runs waters, and use solid bags on bigger chucks.
The stiffer hooklengths are really not suited to using a mesh bag as you've described.
I was doing some short sesh visits to a riggy lake so tried to get a small mesh bag as added attraction rather than catty, spombing wasnt an option on such a shallow clear water, but i doubted my presentation with the bags. Margin testing kind of confirmed it, and thought it worth discussion.
You've summed up the issue and options perfectly.
Mostly i use a supple braid and will hook on small mesh bags for shorter casts or on runs waters, and use solid bags on bigger chucks.
The stiffer hooklengths are really not suited to using a mesh bag as you've described.
I was doing some short sesh visits to a riggy lake so tried to get a small mesh bag as added attraction rather than catty, spombing wasnt an option on such a shallow clear water, but i doubted my presentation with the bags. Margin testing kind of confirmed it, and thought it worth discussion.
In reply to Post #16
. . .a chap on my syndy uses small golf ball mesh bags but ties them to the underside of his lead on a helicopter rig (but you could use an Avid clip for a lead clip presentation) . . .he also uses a stiff rig . . .
Most of his fishing is within catapult range but he never sticks out boilies - he just catapults out golf ball sized mesh bags and scatters them over a large area as freebies and usually with a single whole boilie embedded . . expensive in terms of PVA use but effective . . for him anyway!
. . .a chap on my syndy uses small golf ball mesh bags but ties them to the underside of his lead on a helicopter rig (but you could use an Avid clip for a lead clip presentation) . . .he also uses a stiff rig . . .
Most of his fishing is within catapult range but he never sticks out boilies - he just catapults out golf ball sized mesh bags and scatters them over a large area as freebies and usually with a single whole boilie embedded . . expensive in terms of PVA use but effective . . for him anyway!
I use a 2-3inch stick of pva crushed boilies threaded on down my 20lb amnesia rig, with a pva nugget in the end for the hook to be safely nicked into, I only fish at 70-80yrds, and have complete confidence that my rig is fishing, I usually fish a wafter on german or basic hair rig on my local gravel pits, spomb before and over the top. Keeping it simple.
In reply to Post #18
Never had a problem with small mesh bags on any hook link
Try it in the margins with different baits
For me they slow the rig falling through the water column and Allow me time to set my line etc without
Snagging the hook
I've never use nuggets in the bags although I'm sure it would help
Never had a problem with small mesh bags on any hook link
Try it in the margins with different baits
For me they slow the rig falling through the water column and Allow me time to set my line etc without
Snagging the hook
I've never use nuggets in the bags although I'm sure it would help
In reply to Post #15
I'm glad I've come across this because I've always wondered about this aswell, I fish like this a lot and my catch rate seems good enough but sometimes I do wonder if I'm missing out on a few extra bites. I normally fish a German rig or a slip d with a small mesh bag on the end, we are talking like a 1 inch ball nothing big at all unless I want to use more and then I just fish solid bags
I'm glad I've come across this because I've always wondered about this aswell, I fish like this a lot and my catch rate seems good enough but sometimes I do wonder if I'm missing out on a few extra bites. I normally fish a German rig or a slip d with a small mesh bag on the end, we are talking like a 1 inch ball nothing big at all unless I want to use more and then I just fish solid bags