Try a white bead in those conditions as well. Saved my ass a couple of times last season.
I have a hankering to do a small box of perdigons to mess around with. Don’t know if I can bring myself to do it though.... it would mean having 3 patterns instead of 2 to choose from.
In terms of hook ups on the bottom, if you hook it on a curved hook you’ll also hook it on a jig. I stopped using jigs after finding this out and realising I landed more hook s fish on curved hooks.