Originally Posted by
Uncle Jesse
When making foam bodies (my preference) I use Aberdeen hooks (they are readily available, cheap and will like hold anything you catch on a flyrod) I run a piece of mono through the eye of the hook, then use a large sewing needle to pull to pull both ends of the line through the body. This allows me to get the shank of the hook through the bottom 1/16" of the body. Super glue has be adequate to keep them from rotating in the body. I have covered the hook shank with a thread base but I am not sure that is necessary. I modified a pair of large pliers to kink hook bodies but rarely use them anymore.