frogy Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 Hi guys this might be a bit of a newby question but got to ask as its doing my head in. Ive always tried, rightly or wrongly, to get my hook and bait away from the lead when fishing so the lead doesn't spook the fish and have been using pva net so is easy to do. However a lot of my mates use pva bags and id like to give them a go but I cant get my head around the fact that if using a bag the hook and bait would end up right next too or even on top of the lead. Does this make any difference? salokcinnodrog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grangemilky Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 Don't worry about it. I fish doesn't know what a lead is. salokcinnodrog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianain Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 If you're doing as well as they are, I would continue as you are. You're right to keep an open mind though and another trick for another day may well pay off, but it is more ga ga stuff to carry around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalthegooner Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 Don't worry about it. A fish doesn't know what a lead is. What he said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newmarket Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 Dont worry about it Simon . People put leads inside PVA bags , the freebies cover the lead and they catch fish . Grangemilkys right , fish dont know what a lead is , if its on the lakebed then its natural to them imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalthegooner Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Some people use 4 inch hooklinks, so got to agree, not a problem. If I'm using a PVA bag, mine aren't much longer than 100 - 150mm usually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salokcinnodrog Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 I've never worried about it, and often on Taverham would put the (inline) lead inside the PVA bag. Hook and bait at bottom corner, some goodies, then spread the braided hooklink from bottom going through the freebies, and lead on top. Licked, twisted and sorted, easy job. In fact I prefer to attach/tie the PVA mesh to the lead and the hook to stop cartwheeling on the cast, so they don't spread far apart anyway. I also never worry about straightening the hooklink should I be casting out without PVA either. If a hooklink is straight, at maximum length, then I feel it may prevent takes if a fish attempts to suck the bait in from a distance. As an aside a Point of note that may interest you, I nearly always capitalise PVA as it is a shortened form of poly vinyl alcohol, so the 3 initials get put in BLOCK. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyvinyl_alcohol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markspod Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 2" braid hook link in a bag for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altura54 Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 You could try a stick mix that's threaded onto your hook link, it depend how far out you are fishing, as a bag would be much better suited than a stick mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.O.F. Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 If you are totally paranoid about the fish seeing your lead for some reason fish a stick mix, (threaded onto your hooklink), attached helicopter rig style, so it flings the bait and stick out away from the lead. B.O.F. altura54 and hutch 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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