The problems after the spoon 'hookup' are greatly magnified (illustrated) by the dodger and flasher.
A breakaway slider could be useful for a large trolling/anchor fishing wobbler.
For the weighted /casting category you have to stay compact.

It's good to address the inherent problems of the inline-rigged spoon.
Or maybe there are no problems, Herzog didn't address it.



Edit:
Using my bead chain concept, a large wobbler could be rigged slider style (no breakaway used).
One problem would be mainline wear which could be addressed with a section of wire for the slider to run on.
Not sure if there would be much of a gain over regular bead chain spoon after factoring in the added rigging work.