Whatfly,

You hit the nail on the head with the Articulated Shanks, thanks.

I was trying to have a short shanked hook on a spun deer hair body. I have tried the tube fly approach but find that packing deer hair on a tube is a difficult task. What I'm trying to do is to take away the leverage the fish can get on a long-shanked hook. With the Articulated shanks I can use a short egg hook or even a short double hook while still being able to spin a tight deer hair body.

Alberto