hi guys,
thanks for all your responses, will all be taken into consideration.
never heard of a essex rig??
At this lake i am mainly fishing quite far out but one of my rods is in the margin so thanks for that, will diffinatly try the stringer.
The silt is a very light brown colour, so that should be alright.
Am think about putting foam round my hook but always have a stringer so i don't think that would work.
once again thanks for all your reply's
joe