Budgie, you can fish all types of rigs with a whip, the one I described can be fished shallower than any float rig if thats what's needed.
A modification of my rig and to give you even more options, is to fish with a small piece of floating putty on the line, below the plastic tube, which you can slide up or down to alter the depth the hook is at.
If its liquidized bread feed, the fish go for, add powdered baby milk to it, which creates a cloud that hangs in the water.
I have an extra large keepnet head for snatching that catches most of my drop offs, but I do wear a wetted, plastic apron from around my neck down into the keepnet,which act as a slide/chute to direct the fish into the net.
Old tougher, maggots/pinkies, make the best hookers as its often possible to catch 5/6 fish on one single bait, even if its damaged.
I also insert the hook up the length of the maggot/pinkie, as this helps you to hit more bites.