Solid PVA bag rigs - Ready Made Carp Rigs
Carp fishing with a PVA Solid bag is very popular method that is used all year around. This method of carp fishing involves using a dissolvable PVA bag which is filled with some loose feed such as pellets, crushed boilies etc. Along with your highly attractive loose offerings, you also include your rig and your lead, then the bag is sealed using a dissolvable PVA string or tape. By having your hook bait right in the middle of your small pile of attractive loose feed you can guarantee your rig is in the best possible place for a take.
The rig element of this carp fishing setup is important, it cant be too long or you will have coils of braid showing and this might put off a wary Carp, in addition to this, the idea with fishing with a Solid bag is the Carp will only need to make a minimal movement whilst the hook is in its mouth for the Carp rig to come tight to the lead and cause the bolt effect which will normally result in a savage indication on your bite alarms or a one toner as they are sometimes known.
The best Solid bag rigs are made from 2 to 4 inches of a supple braid like Korda Dark Matter, Korda Supernatural or Fox Reflex Camo and a size 6 Wide gape hook is the most popular choice. If you are using a wafter or a critically balanced bait you must test the rig in the margin before using it to ensure the hook lays flat and the bait wafts just above it. It may be required that you will need to either trim your bait down or add some putty / Split shot to obtain the best presentation.
All types of hook baits can be used although they do tend to work best with Wafters or artificial sweetcorn.
The Solid bag can be used in most waters except deep silt or weed.
