Suppose I'd better dig out some foam then! If the hook works for you then great. I had some (may still have somewhere) some VMC hooks shaped like a 200r in size 16. They look great, but are next to useless. Lots of takes to flies tied on them, not one single hook up.
Cheers,
A.
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