I like the anchor mate, but use two different boats, need to be versatile and I can't really mount much, because I turn my crawdad upside down and haul it on my pop-up camper. I even thought about the dog leash idea. I found both of my anchor reins on Ebay, still a bet pricey, but not as much as the new ones I have seen. I do use the cleats, but thinkin of a way to mount the anchor reins and don't think it would take much to switch from boat to boat. Even thinking of using a metal plate, drill a hole, mount the achnor rein and use some type of C clamp to mount the plate to the edge of the baot. I use the window weights as anchors, in the process of mounting pvc pipe in each boat to sit the anchors up right in the boat so I don't have to worry about them rolling around and getting mud in the boat. Tried hanging the anchors over the side of the boat, but they bang the boat too much as I move through the water, so thought the pvc pipe ida might just work.