CARP RIGS - Fox International
CARP RIGS - Fox International
CARP RIGS - Fox International
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PVA STICKS<br />
A SIMPLE way to prevent tangles, leave a<br />
parcel of highly attractive feed around the<br />
hook bait and camouflage your rig, the<br />
PVA stick gets you more bites. With so<br />
much going for it, if you’re casting out<br />
without one you’ve got to stop and ask<br />
yourself why?<br />
The original stick concept used groundbait<br />
mixed with heavy doses of oils, compressed<br />
down a narrow cobweb PVA tube to<br />
produce a parcel of fine attractive feed.<br />
Using a latch key needle, the hook length is<br />
drawn back through the stick lengthways,<br />
the hook being pulled into the base of the<br />
stick. The beauty of the stick is that it<br />
guarantees perfect presentation, the hook<br />
point unable to be masked by weed or<br />
debris – giving complete confidence that you<br />
are fishing effectively, even if you know little<br />
of the swim or venue you’re tackling.<br />
Whether casting back to a baited area at<br />
night, in heavy crosswinds or firing rigs<br />
under canopies and tight to overhanging<br />
trees, a stick gives you complete confidence<br />
that your rig will be landing and fishing<br />
perfectly – and they take just seconds to<br />
make and mount on a link.<br />
HOW TO MAKE A STICK RIG<br />
Mix up your chosen stick mix and PVA friendly<br />
liquids (not water based). The mix can contain<br />
boilie chops, pellets, particles, the possibilities are<br />
endless and limited only to your imagination.<br />
Tightly compress the mix using the plunger.<br />
This will ensure the mix explodes around the<br />
hookbait and hooklink when the PVA melts.<br />
Pass a Stix Needle through the top and out the<br />
side of the stick. Tie a figure of eight loop in the<br />
end of your hooklink to pull the hooklink back<br />
through the stick.<br />
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Take a small amount of the mix and push it down<br />
the PVA mesh funnel.<br />
Twist the PVA around the top of the stick and tie<br />
off with a simple overhand knot. Trim the ends<br />
for neatness.<br />
Pull the hook point into the stick. Thread an anti<br />
tangle sleeve onto the hooklink and attach the<br />
loop to a Kwik Change Swivel. Now you are set to<br />
cast out the rig.<br />
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