I am glad people like this post. Lots of good ideas here. I submitted a lure design to be fished under a European type float to In-Fisherman Magazine. This is the email I just received. It appears as if it will be a deadly combination.

Quote December 4, 2008 from Doug Stange, Editor in Chief In-Fisherman Magazine.

"Michael, The dropper rig looks good. I’ve watched a lot of underwater video of dropper rigs in action and there are a lot of times the fish hit the spoon instead of the dropper jig; so your single-hook on the weight idea is a good one."