depends how many’s booked on the clubby mate,
if theres around 20 i wouldnt waste my time fishing shallow unless i was lucky enough to have a spare peg either side of me, fish bottom of nearside shelf with hemp and meat and pellet on long pole ! feed 4’s and fish a 4 or a 6
loose groundbait and meat down the edge,
i wouldnt just use the edge line as a last hour swim, they seem to wonder in and out, you have 2 or 3 and they go,,, id drop on it when ever the other 2 lines where quiet just to pick the odd few fish off then top up and back out to the other swims,,,
it will just keep you ticking over !
0.18, size 14 pr36 or similar and a tight set 20 and pull like stink,,, only small barbel, but use anything lighter and you might aswell just put your rig in the sticks !
cross your toes and fingers and hope you get peg 1,,,, out and out flyer !
other than that id be happy with anything from 8 to 12 !