Does anyone have any of the old Gudebrod Hookeepers? They were sort of flat and the portion that protruded above the threads was a raised triangle shape (the blank making the base leg of the triangle) The raised inverted "V" had opposing square holes near the point of the "V", That the hook goes through. If anyone has any of these they could part with please contact me, Thanks again in advance.

I'm not sure I understand your description of that design. Fenwick made something like that, in black, for many years.

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I have seen them on fenwick rods also, but from what I could track down, (others told me) that they were made by gudebrod. The hook keeper itself is about an 1/8 wide and comes to a point in the center, on either slope up to that point there is a square hole the hook slips into. (into one hole and out the oposing hole on the otherside of the point)normal hook keepers look like an inverted "U" but with a flatter base "|_|" the Fenwick/Gudebrod hook keeper was an inverted "V"


SIDE VIEW Not to scale-----
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ROD BLANK
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\ /
\ / --------< Hook Keeper
\ /
--------\---/--------=Hook passes through squared off holes
\ /

***The Diagram did not reproduce in final post as it was typed out. The flat legs that are tied onto the blank as not spread/spaced far enough apart. The \ /'s below the legs should also be spread apart to connect to the inside of the legs and angle downward and towards them selves until they come to a point and thus making a "V" (both spaced out legs would begin where the quotes are and parallel the blank moving optward from the V )

TOP VIEW hook keeper is about an 1/8" wide



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/10/2006 08:54AM by Chris Karp.

Okay, I think I know what you're describing now. Put your request on the buy/sell page so it'll stay in front of folks a little longer. Somebody has some somewhere.

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