Abstract: There is a large number of fishing rod holders described in the patent literature designed to be Assembled for use and disassembled for transport and storage. Many are very complicated and hard to Use and store. My rod holder is very a very simple one with only two moving parts and no assembly Or disassembly required. In it's folded position it will lay in the bottom of a 5 gallon pail. Being only 1½? high and 10? in diameter when folded several can be stored and transported at one time. To set up simply lift the pivoting arm to the desired position and turn the PVC rod butt Holder perpendicular to the circular base and you are ready for use.