Hook Keeeper

[alanhore]

Just purchased a new rod without a factory hook keeper. What are people using for a keeper on rods without one installed.

[CaryLab]

Fuji - work great

[LonnieP]

I hook the lure to the reel on all of my setups.

[HalBrown]

Fuji for me also and I buy backup O rings at Lowes.

[lucky13]

ty wrap with eyelet
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[Gamblerman65]

Small ty wraps..

[Casslaw]

Small tie wraps with the eyelet is the way to go! I bought the flip out keeper that’s held on with the o-ring at BPS and while I like it, having to flip it in and out every time I pick the rod up or set it down drives me cray cray!

[bison2312]

Fugi

[MD11HOG]

i hate de-rigging my soft plastics to shove the hook point in a round hole like the zip tie and the fuji style can be made from some old spinning rod guides and a Dremel

[River-Bandit]

On rods that do not have a hook keeper or have a small loop I take them to the local rod shop and have a drop shot style keeper put on so I don't have to de-rig my soft plastics and on some of my split grip rods I have started to have them put near the butt section and it works great ,,, cost very little to have them do it

[SoonerFan]

None of the add on keepers I've tried have been satisfactory. They're either bulky or have a zip tie with a sharp tag end that is irritating and all of them want to slide up on the rod. Even the rods that have keepers, seem to be in the wrong place half the time.

I've been thinking about getting the keepers and thread and other necessities from someplace like Mudhole and learn how to do it myself.

[lucky13]

i hate de-rigging my soft plastics to shove the hook point in a round hole like the zip tie and the fuji style can be made from some old spinning rod guides and a Dremel

Just cut a small section out of the eyelet out

[78Staff]

Fuji seems the most popular, but it will wear into your rod over time leaving marks on the finish, if that's important to you. I'm using the daiwa version, which seems great on paper, no flipping motion just an oring to secure it, but to be honest it gets in the way more often than not. That's the one thing I disliked about my Dobyns Extremes (all Dobyns, I guess) they use the closed keeper design. But I've been slowing switching over to GLoomis, which have the open style and I much prefer it to any addon style.

[Jeff Hahn]

The only hook keeper that I have ever found to be worth a crap was the one on my Kistler flipping rod. I took some wire of similar diameter and made a hook keeper just like it for every one of my rods. I place it on top of the rod, a couple of inches above the cork foregrip. I wrap it with jig tying thread and add a coat of epoxy. Here's a pic of just like what I use:

[bilgerat]

The trick to getting the zip tie to stay in place is a single wrap of rubber splicing tape around the blank. This tape has no adhesive and leaves no residue so there's no damage to the blank. Actually any thin rubber material would work, I just happen to use this tape for other things as well.




And yes, cutting a slice out of the eye is an option. As for the sharp tag end, either trim with flush cut dikes or a razor blade.

[Casslaw]

So that’s what that tape is for!?

I’ve seen it and wondered, that’s a great way to use it.

[schoi25]

Fuji! But getting them on can be annoying

[cbburke74]

I had the same problem until I brought it to my rod builder who corrected other things on my rod. I asked him out of the blue if he could add a D hook keeper. He said - "I already put it on"

[Maxxlue]

Cal coast makes a good one they have a slot for a hook shank

[knopf]

The best I have ever used is the Kigan. It does everything. Crankbait to texas rigs. It is a wonderful design. Put one on all of my rods.

http://hydrafishing.com/product/xla-hookkeeper/