willow83

Barbed for me unless I can't fish with them on a lake. Reason for using them is they don't cause problems for the fish a barbless hook is far more detrimental to a fishes mouth as they move a lot once hooked hence why you see so many carp now adays with no mouths etc. The only reason barbed hooks aren't allowed in my opinion is because people don't know how to get them out safely/properly!!!! But it really isn't that hard and once treated with abit of antiseptic where the hook has been saves the fishes mouth. Don't get me wrong everyone has there own opinion on this but I think barbed hooks should be used at all times for reasons stated and for those who don't know how to get them out learn there will be far less fish without mouths.

^^^^^^^^^^^ and that

Hope this helps mate at the end of the day mate like nick said find out what works and try and do something a little bit different from the norm to try and give yourself the upperhand

i was gonna say all of that what nick said but i didnt want to mess your head up beings though you are new to the site but you seemed to have taken it all on board

The thing with the hair rig is that when the carp blows the bait out the bait moves leaving more of the hook to penitrate the carps mouth

The small ring attatched to the hook is to tie your boilie or what ever bait you are using to using dental floss or something similar have you got a pic of the rig then probley we will be able to help you further

Note the wink in my post Tight Lines Willow

I was joking lads calm down

Nowt wrong with that in my eyes mate Tight Lines Willow