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I didn't see johns question as I was typing above.
I doubt it would make any difference to you at all. If you have a short rod , like 9 feet (short for a concept application) the low rider concept layout will most likely screw things up. If you have a rod maybe 11 feet , you can do the LR concept layout well but can you really power cast the eel that way without loosing it. Even if you can get power into it without a cast off , you might get 5 yards extra.
Now if you were casting metal at fish 150 yards out and just 6 more yards might get you there , then maybe a concept layout would help you. How many times that you fish do you need to cast 150 yards other than the canal. And in the very low percentages of times you need that distance , how often would 6 more yards make a difference. The conditional probabilities of it being any use to you eeling are probably in the range of 2 %.
At the canal where you may want the max distance , the leader knot issue represents a problem for application of the low rider concept.
Low riders are for places like England and maybe Japan where they use 13 foot rods and must get way out all the time to be in the game at all. When stripers are normally at your feet , why deal with the negative sides of applying the Low Rider Concept. If you need more distance for eeling , get a longer rod. Assuming you can handle the added length , you will get a bigger improvement by going longer than by going Low Rider
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