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Not worried where it is , Just dont leave us hanging for the next instalment , its been 47 mins since you edited , 😩

Working wk ends should be banned !!!! Good for the bank balance...... bad for the soul 😩😩🎣🎣

No mate. Just the s5R’s

I remember reading this,Frank. 😎

I find PVA bags a bit fiddly and do mine slightly different. Bottom 1/4 is just groundbait and the rest micro pellet and boilie crumb. I make the bag up,snip the top to make a flap and lick and stick. I can make really solid,compact bags with no lead/hooklink in the way. Give the bag a good piercing then attach to your hooklength via a stringer needle. Groundbait at the bottom to protect the hook point then attach to lead clip. If it’s not too damp you can have one ready made so if you do catch it’s a case of unhook old hooklink,attach new and recast. I’m positive this has nicked me bonus fish when there on a short feeding spell. It’s an old pic but hopefully you’ll get an idea of what I’ve said.

Don't forget PandA, there are different sized bags that can be used, or you can half fill a larger bag, if you don't think your rods will take the weight...… Another thing to consider is the current water temperatures... You may need to double bag everything atm, to prevent it melting on the drop, 6ft plus deep, and this can happen. Ok for getting the bait out, but can hamper rig presentation if the bag melts before hitting the deck.....

Plenty of great advice above. I use fox bags, tied with Korda tape. I tend to use them only if I'm unsure of the debris or weed on the bottom though. If you know it's clear just use pva stocking, it's much quicker, less mess, easier to cast & goes straight on the hook, so if you miss your spot, you can put another one on in seconds. I protect the hook point with a pva nugget.

Love the bags, just make sure when your sitting down to do one, everything u need is in hands reach. Maybe just start with pellets in the bag first until you get the hang of it, Smaller the pellets the better. You will mess some up, you will mess up with some baggy bags............just keep practising and once youve got them nailed they are a great tool in your arsenal. I use mine with a 3/4inch ronnie rig in mine and on my curent venue switched my results round!

I fished a water where putting bait out by catapult or spod was banned, every free bait had to be put in by PVA mesh, bags or stringers. A number of times I was casting PVA's full for 30 minutes or so to get bait around my hookbait, be that stringers etc, and a number of times I had takes within minutes of the last cast of my hookbait and stringer. Stringers as large as 30 boilies! Century AK47's had a 2.75 tc I think, two tip sections, a 1.75 and a 2.75 that fitted one butt. Quite an old design now! With heavy bags you may find a gentle lob is better than a full on whack cast, and as said it may pay to drop down a lead size or two.

PVA (solid) bags are good because you'll always have a decent presentation, but your rods will need to be able to cope with the weight of a fully laden bag. Take a look at Kev Hewitt on youtube, there's a video where he goes through the bags he uses. I use a 2.5oz inline lead, short supple braided hooklink. The bags I use are ESP''s multi bags, there 120mm x 60mm, just my preference. I use a mixture of different size pellets, mainly small and micro and use either a dumbell boilie or a tiger nut. Like I say look up kev hewitt

I've got to agree with you there mate I work every Saturday night😞 apart from the odd one usually only miss if I'm away on my hols or for odd dirty weekend. 😂