Spirit rig for NE dory?

Has anyone swapped his or her NE lug rig for a spirit? Specifically, I'd like to use my NE as a fishing platform, drifting and occasionally ancored. I've pictured a spirit rig neatly brailed to its mast versus my lug's spars and sail lying across the thwarts always in the way of my fishy business and concluded that the latter would be a real mess. Any thoughts?