Traditionally it was fished with a pop-up, but instead of the counter balance weight (usually a shot) being on the hook link below the hook as normal, it was squeezed onto the hair just below the pop-up, to create a balanced hookbait
The challenge was to make the artificial version look and feel as lifelike as possible, while maintaining sufficient buoyancy
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