PVA Bags
Although i always have PVA bags with me, i have not mastered filling and securing them in an aerodynamic parcel to laugh into the water. might as usually a mess and over filled.
so for this reason i do not tend to waste my time on PVA bags.
I know most brands have designed easy wrap devices to make the perfect bag but i dont want to put the effort in and i do not fully trust the lead and hookbait being so close together and sitting nicely on the bottom each time
usually you would fill this with pellet or ground down boilie and get your weight and hookbait all inside. but for me this is not the way
Update 2024: Stiff Hinge or Solid PVA bags are my weapon of choice, i use the Nash solid bag device and it works well. but i prefer to have enough weights to make 6+ bags before heading out so i can get in the water and not lose time making them on the bank.
PVA Mesh
i am a mesh fan, its easy to use you can see how much you need to fill and it can attach either by pulling the hootbait right through or just hooking the edge of the mesh
i fill this the same as i would a PVA bag but with maybe no dust particles as it would not hold. the main downside is the casting distance. at my level i am not looking for 180yards of casting but more less than 100 so it works well for me
Update 2024: Mesh i still enjoy to use, but only if there is no spodding on the lake.
Stringers
if i am playing a pure boilie game. i will use stringers which i just anywhere from 4-8 boilies in a thin pva mesh with a knot at each end, i attached to the hook and send out so i know the bait is all on that small area and machine what i am displaying on the hook
i do sometimes increase the amount of boilies and then loop the stringer on the hook - for me this feels like when it hits the bottom my bait will display in the middle with temptation all around
Update 2024: I will use this on smaller lakes or margin casts to keep matching bottom bait in the same area.