CARP RIGS - Fox International

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