It never hurts for different ideas,or opinions John,as for swims Steve,the vast majority are at least as bad,if not worse,some look relatively clear,but the ribbon weed is at least 3ft long wafting around,the fish probably enjoy a fair amount of security because of it,from us and from otters,ten years ago there was hardly any of the stuff,so nitrates from the land,or our sewage works have suited the weed perfectly.Normally I like smallish baits in singles or pairs,but in the weed two 15mm boilies are favourite,my motto is they have to find it to take it.
I also considered before going down there to have my main feed bag with pellet and boilies on my keyhole clip at the lead,then make a bag with a few broken boilies with my hook and bait inside it,I didn't try it because it was too much faffing about in relatively short sessions.