Looking for a new and classy hook keeper.Any suggestions on who I can buy from or has anyone made one?Tried the conventional ones that you get at the Mud Hole .

A small fly guide? Won't fold, but is rust-proof if ceramic. -Cliff+++

i like the strap and ring hookeeper. i wrap all the way and under the saddle as well. looks really classy i think. for larger rods i also like the fuji style folding hook keepers. you can get the strap and ring at REC
or GOLDEN WITCH.

i've used the folding fuji ones, th small model. unobtrusive and not given to noise when not being used like i once suspected.

i've also used a very different style i cannot recall where i got it from (one of the sponsors to the left i think). it's a single piece of flat wire which extends a length then forms a circle to return to the starting point. imagine the letter P with a long length. very simple (although you could say the U shaped ones are even simpler). i like them for their uniqueness but subtle too. not chrome exactly, duller colored but in the spectrum of silver. there's an @#$%& seller calling them simply "hookkeepers" selling in a bulk of 25 i think. i hesitate to suggest @#$%& but it would offer a photo at least.

eric
fresno, ca.

I've used a small, single foot wire guide. Mount it with the foot facing toward the rod tip and use a locking wrap. This way it won't pull out if you tighten up on your line while "hook-holding".

2 cents,

Tim Hough

I bought a Kistler rod last year and fell in love with the hook keeper on it. It works better than any other I have seen. You can even hook up a soft plastic bait without pulling the hok out of the bait. One heavy duty paper clip makes two hook keepers with a pair of needle nosed pliers and about a minutes time...I made a bunch and put them on every rod I have.

I have been making "hook keepers" from some old monel wire line I had laying around . I use small needle nose pliers to bend them. I make them large or small, some are even made to acomadate two hooks. The stainless monel seems to work fine and it does not RUST..
Larry

Check this out:

www.reeltimedesigns.com

;-) DJ