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Surely you should be boiling using distilled water then which is pure H2O as there are also additives, albeit natural ones, in spring water.

[quote name="mooseman" post="228035" timestamp=" IMHO its not just colour/texture or the lack of artificial flavours that needs to be considered... Its all about opinion . Mine is that it IS just about colour and texture Thats a good one stephen . Stands to reason that spring water is going to be more " neutral" than tap water what with no chlorine etc but i honestly believe the carp would rather your bait take on the silt after a while .... Its where they feed naturally and though silt may smell repulsive to us , its their natural environment .

Fished hopsford a couple of time so have limited experience, but I've always done well fishing boilies tight to the island over scattered freebies. The usual popular baits work (mainline/sticky etc) Bottom seems quite uniform with silt. No weed that I found. Place is best fished midweek if you like a bit of peace as it gets rammed at the weekend. Sure someone with a bit more experience with the place will be able to help you out.

Seems like you've been really working at it Andy , and beginning to reap the rewards too by the sounds of it . Miles better than drifting from venue to venue wondering why your not catching ... A few could do with taking a leaf out of YOUR book mate

Cor Yeah !

Amen to that!!!

There's some massive perch in there! Stick to the worms and target them - that's what I would be doing on there!! No bream in there from what I know, but he has stocked chub into it????? Big perch, big perch, big perch!!!!!!!