On Stillwaters, the presentations can be vertical, diagonal or horizontal. The Intermediate Clear/Camo line is indispensable for that horizontal presentation. Tonight, I was watching a WFN show (B.C. Outdoors) and Phil Rowley was mentioning a horizontal presentation with a ‘balanced fly’ beneath the slip/strike bobber (floating line). I did a little checking and discovered the fly pattern promotes a horizontal path beneath the bobber, a non-slip loop knot and the hook point riding up.
The experimentation will be to extend the bead out just far enough beyond the hook eye to achieve a balanced presentation beneath the loop knot/bobber. Query ‘slip strike bobber’ in the search box upper right and you will see several past posts regarding how to rig up the bobber/pin & the ‘non-slip loop knot’. I wonder if some jig heads would achieve this same balanced presentation? Still worth a little experimentation on lakes and wind drifting a pattern beneath a slip strike bobber.
SwittersB & Exploring 
the europeans have used patterns like this. put a bead on a straight pin or a piece of mono and tie it on as you showed. i think taff price has some patterns like this in one of his books.
personally i’ve not had much luck with them but they act like a rapala ice fishing jig.
if you fish them without an indicator they tend to retrieve without the jigging motion of a regular beadhed.
as always, you seem tapped into some fascinating concepts.
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