Haha ya I guess ive never tried that either..
I was shown my first year to use a bob stop both above and below float which was a pain to adjust float and it obv couldnt go thru the eyelets. I thought I always had to adjust both stoppers haha, but also think the ones I had were to large to nicely pass thru guides.. Needless to say, I got fed up and have been fine with using the toothpick method ever since
But next time fishing deeper water ill try a small bobber stopper just above the float so I dont have to have so much line out when casting as you mention.
Its funny how you get set on certain methods and never think twice.
Ive also been experimenting this year with other parts of my setup for example split shot, vs pencil lead, vs sliding tungsten weights etc. But thats a whole discussion in itself lol