hookkeeper

plural hookkeepers

1. A wire ring that holds a fly-fishing fishhook in place while rigged.

   The hookkeeper is located just above the handle and is standard equipment on most rods.

   2002, Cathy Beck., Cathy Beck's Fly-Fishing Handbook, page 7

   2 more examples

   I've used it in my thread work, such as a group of three single- thread inlays in guide wraps and/or hookkeeper wraps.

   1988, Dale P. Clemens., Advanced Custom Rod Building, page 108

   Alignment is a matter of choice, but most rod-builders place the hookkeeper in line with the guides.

   1999, C. Boyd Pfeiffer., The Complete Book of Tackle-Making, page 462