Camouflage was the initial reason for using the fake bloodworm, then after noticing its buoyancy led me onto this low pop-up arrangement.
I've had quite a lot of success in the past using the shot on the hook rig, I was however always concerned about the shot getting caught somehow and stopping the hooking of the fish altogether. This rig works exactly the same way: how the bait sits in the water, pulling the point of the hook down towards the bottom lip although with the absence of the shot means the bait will behave more naturally, or as naturally as a yellow piece of plastic can behave.
Planning on fishing this rig over a mainly vitalin mix with a little particle and boilie in, hardly any real food in there, hopefully won't have them feeding too hard on the bottom, ignoring the pop-up, despite it only being popped up 3/4 inch or so; with any luck they won't be constantly up-ended, instead moving down on the small patches of food that will be present, with my hook bait being one of them.
Two worries at the moment are the fake bloodworm lessening the gape of the hook and the buoyancy of the fake corn lifting the hook over the lip.
I'm going to pull the bloodworm off the shank a little, so it comes off just after the hair; hopefully keeping the camouflage but not narrowing the gape at all.
With the buoyancy issue I think it shouldn't be too much of a problem, just a bit of experiment with various bait sizes to get it critically balanced so it shouldn't pull the hook above the lip should it get ejected.
Maybe I'm thinking too far into this, but I can't help it.