A number of rod builders I know purposely omit the hook keeper on their builds. The reason I have heard is to keep the line/leader junction outside of the rod tip. Looping the line around the reel and securing the hook to a guide will accommodate most length leaders/Tippett combos.
Carl Smolka
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Okay -- So howcomzit my 8-weight has no hook keeper? Sure, it has an absurdly large stripping guide already but I simply can't be bothered to reach up there to secure my fly every time. What nonsense.--Of all of the things that tangle your line while fishing.....from a canoe for example, the hook keeper is (apparently) a big offender!There's something comforting about carrying your rod backwards through the brush, with a 3/0 lead minnow gored into your palm Of course, I'd be using a 3-weight (max) for such flies since going larger is total overkill, bro. That's not fun, and by "fun" I mean feeling the fish struggling for it's life on the end of your line!So I ask you -- howcomzit?Gene
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