We started manufacturing knit coarse braid and knit coarse cord for sliding-in of pellets and boilies, but with a special "brake". While casting the bait does not shrink, it stays the way you have prepared it. And what is more, you can jerk with the whole assembly as much as you like and you still don´t tear it away. Our braids can withstand up to 12 kg, which means that you can tie even a bucket of water to our braid.... Smooth cord is another innovation, it is in fact a knit tube in diameter of 1.5 mm, our special product "parachute twine", firm and perfect for the heavy stringers and boilies. Of course even the classical THREAD - STRING, which is plied from several plies of PVA staple, firm enough (tenacity of 2.5 kg), perfect for binding of PVA stockings and bags and tying of a bait etc., cannot be missing. For more information about strings and braid look HERE.

Are you not sure what kind of PVA stocking to use? How long does it need to dissolve completely? Does it not come apart before its gets where you want it? Which stocking designs are suitable for a particular water temperature? We prepared a comprehensive table of all available products for you. HERE is a synoptic table of the times and temperatures. 

Videos from our tests are in the following table:

Comments and explanation how we measured

In order to achieve as objective conditions as possible, close to real conditions in nature, we actually used water from the pond instead of drinking water. (It is apparent in our video-recordings that the water is not completely clear, but slightly green.) Otherwise the results would be distorted, as the chemical composition of drinking water is certainly different from that of water outdoors.

1. T1 TIME.
Most of us are interested in what happens with the mesh and the bait after it falls on the surface and starts sinking. Will it not dissolve before reaching the bottom? What about the bait? Will it fall out of the melting mesh and will it be scattered in the range of several metres? The time in column 1 will help you answer these questions. It is the time when the first filaments of the stocking are melted and the structure starts breaking apart.

2. T2 TIME.
The first moment when the mesh structure collapses and the content is released – it pours out. From now on nothing prevents fish from getting to the bait.
But then follows another important phase, which is complete dissolution of the mesh, including the rest of the stocking in the form of slime. As the length of this period varies and - in addition to the temperature of the surroundings – it is influenced by a number of other factors, times are not included. However, bear in mind that the colder and calmer the water is, the longer is the process.

Another important factor should be added, which cannot be simulated in our aquarium: it is the influence of water flow around the stocking when it is sinking, and also after it reaches the bottom. Water flow around the stocking accelerates the breaking up process of the whole assembly.

Water temperature
We had selected a wide range of temperatures for testing, from 4°C to 25°C. Although our PVA material supplier does not guarantee total dissolution at temperature of 4°C, we bring you a proof that our EASYFISHING stockings can be used even at this temperature. We rely on the material quality of world’s producer No.1. However, the melting is very slow; it can be accelerated with heavier bait, which should be rammed into the stocking.
Water temperature of 25°C is not very usual in our latitude. It can occur on the surface of South Moravian ponds, but hardly on the bottom. In spite of this fact, we have included this temperature in the test for you to compare the difference in the melting rate of our stockings at limit temperatures.

 
Other factors:
1. Water temperature
2. The size of all the assembly
3. The weight of the assembly. If the stocking is stretched by a greater weight of the bait, it comes apart and the content pours out earlier. This effect can be seen clearly in the table of the recorded times. The greater the weight of the bait inside the stocking with a diameter of 60 mm, the earlier it melts and ruptures.
4. Cramming. If you cram the stocking, you stretch the weave and it will come apart earlier and quicker looses its content. What does not occur is shooting out of the bait or any similar effect.
5. The submersion depth. It is necessary to count with the fact that the bigger the depth of angling you choose the longer it takes for the stocking to sink before it gets to the bottom. The water temperature at the bottom is very different from that on the surface. For greater depths we recommend suitable types of stocking. (see our
TABLE)