callum23

Don't be worried by inturned kickers, 'closed' gape or line aligners, I think that has become a buzzword for missed indication or for using the wrong rig for the feeding situation. I.e. some carp suck and blow, others pick items up, it can be spot dependant in a water, or it can even be individual fish 
If you look at a Withy pool rig there is absolutely no 'open gape' at all, yet it is effective.
The front of the hook, the eye, the inner of the tubing is what causes hooking  or pri cks in the mouth. To have the line exiting the back flips the hook out bend and shank first. It will work with fish that pick up hookbaits and the hook pri cks the lip, but not suckers and blowers.

I was absolutely shattered yesterday, 4 hours sleep on Saturday night so just added the link rather than give a full and proper answer, however the link does contain some of my sneaks.
 
I use a bog standard coated braid, with the hook tied on, and a rig ring sliding on the shank or knotless knotted with the rig ring tied on, and both weighted with olivettes.
I'd best give construction details for both:
The first is obviously a rig ring sliding on the hook shank stopped opposite the barb by a hook bead. I tie the hook on.
The olivette is the smallest required to 'sink' the pop-up, and is held in place by the shrink tube over the eye of the hook and silicon tubing, or totally inside the shrink tube. 
 
The second rig is a rig ring tied to the end of the coated braid, and the hook knotless knotted on. Position the rig ring in best position, I find so the bait is tight to the bend.
I then hold olivette in place exactly the same as previous rig.
 
Most of my pop-ups, the hooks are fished resting  on the lakebed, but if you need to fish higher in the water, the silicon tubing will allow that, and a line aligner is perfect.
https://www.tackle-up.co.uk/drennan-polemaster-lock-slide-olivettes-full-range.ir
I also play with multi-rigs, but my pop-ups are trimmed so the weight of the hook is enough to hold them down, usually when I'm fishing over a bed of particles.
 

Yes I’ll certainly post some results, just ordered a few bits to tie a couple rigs up so will let you know!

Hi Callum
You beat me to it as I use a Multi Rig with ESP Semi Stiff .
Julian Cundiff has a video clip on the Multi Rig with his slight tweaks .
I'd be interested to read your results using this rig if you wanted to post them .
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Is this any use?
https://forum.carp.com/topic/23908-a-rig-guide-thread-including-knotless-knot/

Hinged stiff rig? 
 
I’ve gone back to the faithful hinged stiff rig after using spinner rigs, I tie the bristle filament (hook section) to the swivel/loop first then use a whipping knot to tie the stiff rigger hook on, this way I find it much easier to get the hook section the size I require. I like my pop ups sitting low if I can. 

Okay cheers mate , I’ve got some Glugging and I’ll leave some unflavoured and see how I get on 

I use  Wychwood 5500 reels with my 9' 2.75lb dwarfs... work fine and look well nice... ignore the knockers and fish how you want to...👍