as stainless steel plastic aluminum wood hardened rubber graphite thermoplastics hybrid mixtures of metal and composites in the embodiment illustrated in fig3 a and g there are two parallel support beams 160 perpendicular to a single support beam 160 however in various embodiments the top half 130 may comprise one or more support beams 160 oriented at various other positions relative to each other as can be seen in fig4 a c and e one or more embodiments of the bottom half 140 of the bracket 110 have a form that defines an interior space 145 the interior space 145 is substantially in the shape of a half cylinder and is adapted to have a width at its widest point that is substantially the same as the cross sectional diameter of a fishing rod some embodiments of the bottom half 140 of the bracket 110 may have a substantially square shape when viewed from above fig4 b or below fig4 g as seen in fig4 a b and c the bottom half 140 may be adapted to define one or more receptor holes 170 the receptor holes 170 are adapted to receive the shank of a bolt or screw there are four separate receptor holes 170 each hole 170 located in a position that is substantially in the corners of a substantially square shaped bottom half 140 of the bracket 110 other embodiments of the bottom half 140 of the bracket 110 of the present invention may comprise more than four or less than four receptor holes 170 receptor holes.