Rigged Eel question

[RIfoosball]

Thanks for posting on my original question.

I finally had the time to try the rigged eel method and use the same rigging method that McKenna shows via youtube on the Sluggo.

I also ended up tying the mouth shut along with tying at the hook bends so that it stayed secure.

Many casts later there ended up to be two problems:

1) What's a good way to tie the mouth shut as that came undone rather quickly? I just used a piece of dacron line and each time around did an overhand knot ending w/ a square knot.

2) The eel looked great in the water but swam upside down. I did have the hooks exposed on the top side of the eel which was my original intention and reason for using McKenna's Sluggo method, but I'm guessing that the weight of the hooks themselves forced them down. So, is there a way to correct how the eel "swims" so it can be right side up? Or, is the only way to do it is have the hooks exposed on the under side of the eel?

Thanks for your expertise and input.

Bruce.

[Clogston29]

hooks have to come out the underside of the eel if you want it to swim right side up

if the knots came untied, then its your knots (some people wrap the dacron in rigging floss to protect the knots). if the head of the eel slid down the hook but the knots stayed tied, you need to attach something to the shank of the hook that holds the head in place when the mouth is tied shut