Over the years, I have tried all the rod tie downs and was never completely happy with any of them. The ones I like best are the retractable bungees used by Skeeter on some of their glass boats, but they require under deck access to tie off the loose end of the rubber cord. My RT188 came with the rubber bungee but my rods were always laying on it when I needed it so I figured out a way to mount it in the hollow gunwale. The key was figuring out a way restrain the free end of the bungee without having access to tie it off. The pic shows my design. I won't bore you with the details but if you with are interested, PM me and I will put together a PDF instruction sheet that I can email to you.