A hook keeper configured to be mounted on a fishing reel includes a locking part and a holding part. The locking part includes a locking portion, a hole penetrating the locking portion and a slit extending from the hole to an outside surface of the locking part and extending from a first end surface to a second end surface of the locking part in a central axial direction of the hole. The holding part is configured to hold the locking part and has a joining part configured to mount the holding part on the fishing reel.本發明提供一種不僅可卡止鉤尖露出之釣鉤，而且亦可卡止偏鉤及沉子之鉤保持器。鉤保持器3能夠裝設於釣具用捲線器，且具備卡止部31及保持部32。卡止部31形成有：孔311，其貫通卡止部31；及狹縫312，其自孔311貫通至卡止部31之外側面為止，且自孔311之中心軸方向之卡止部31之一個端面到達至另一個端面；保持部32保持卡止部31，且具有能夠將保持部32裝設於釣具用捲線器之接合部321。
