Scropton

Today I took a short walk along the River Dove at Scropton. The stretch looked in great nick and I am very tempted to try and catch my first barbel for about 25 years. There were several anglers fishing and I must thank the one chap from Buxton who gave me some advice. Apologies, as I did not catch your name but thanks for the tips.
Now the question is do I enter the world of pellets and hair rigs or just stick a big lump of meat on................