Oh alright then!
A long time ago fishing the coventry canal and blanking miserably an old fella came along and sorted us ( me and a mate) out. He rummaged through our meagre items of tackle and produced a porcupine quill. We wouldn't have dreamed of using one, tackle tarts even then. It's all a bit vague now but it went something like...
He bent the wire eye so it was at 90' to the float "stem" then threaded the line through from the bottom, tied on a hook and piched a single shot, just heavy enough to sink float a few inches from the hook and another, smaller for the float to rest further up. When he flicked the rig in he gave plenty of slack and flicked the rod tip until the float appeared on the surface then tightened down to it.
It seems when the float rights itself the eye grips the line as it twists round.
A combination of the lift method and early version of the locslide perhaps?
Make the rod tip is deeper than the bottom of the float.
Try it, it works.