Arma-Mesh is a tough nylon mesh similar in appearance to PVA, but does not dissolve in water. Supplied on a loading tube similar to those used for PVA mesh, baits are pushed through the tube using the supplied plunger and then tied off exactly like PVA mesh to produce armoured hook baits – hence the
name.
For those of you who have used funnel web PVA the concept is exactly the same however, instead of using PVA it is a fine plastic mesh which was originally designed to stop unwanted fish from making a meal of your boilies and other bait. However, a far better use is to use it to hold soft baits together so that they can be hair rigged. To use it you form a stick exactly the same as if you were making a PVA stick ( but smaller), once the mini stick is made you can just hair rig it as normal
Once meshed boilies and pellets are immersed in water and begin to swell the mesh almost ‘disappears’ from view, making meshed hook baits appear identical to free offerings.
Arma Mesh comes in 14mm narrow and 22mm wide, with five metres on a tube. The wide mesh suits larger boilies, the narrow is ideal for smaller boilies and alternative hook baits.
The narrow mesh is brilliant for making durable pellet hook baits which can’t be taken off the hair by small fish and don’t dissolve.
The mesh creates an almost invisible cage around your bait which stops small fish eating it, while still allowing the flavours to leak out into the water. It also means you can use baits on the hook that have previously been impossible including Spod mix, Mashed meat, Pellet ball, Paste, Liquidised bread, Sweetcorn ball, Chopped worms/maggots. The list is endless.
Arma-Mesh allows you to present baits on the hair that simply aren’t possible to fish any other way, giving it a huge role to play outwitting carp that have been fished for and caught on the usual boilies and pop-ups for season after season. What will you put in yours?
