chub_on_the_block
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I thought it might be interesting to see what others use and what they look for in a tackle box.
Ideally i would want two - one which acts as a tardis to keep all my tackle safe, or to take on a fishing break if there there were several different venues to consider or alternative options when i arrive (such as a lake with a river behind it) and then a minimalist version for taking just what i might need on a particular short session. Unfortunately the closest i have ever got to the latter is to dump a few bits and pieces in a tupperware box (or in a bait apron) ..usually to find that something of critical importance had been left at home.
So for my tardis I still use a wooden tackle box based on a two-tier float box (15 inches by 9 inches and about 2.5 inches deep), with floats held in place by those foam strips, but with a 3 inch deep base added to it by my Godfather as a birthday present, when i was about 14 years old (late 1970s). The base has a removable tray part with separate compartments (used for hooklength spools/ wallets of hooks etc) and shot is keep in open tubs in a line of pine with holes cut to take them with a foam strip holding them in place when i shut the box. Theres further compartments underneath the tray for feeders/ledgers etc. I later customised the float sections to hold even more floats. I think theres about 250 now - with river floats in one section and wagglers etc etc in the other. Pole floats (not that i use a pole) are kept under the tray part.
This is all great and works a treat - never falls over, hinges work fine, holds all i need ..but it weighs over 9Ib and is bulky. On sentimental grounds it would be impossible to ever replace it - i also know where things are and could find them blindfolded. Before this box i vaguely remember having a plastic box, like a toolbox, where the trays came out as you opened it up. Always falling over, wouldnt shut if a tray was overfilled ..so was glad to be shot of it.
But what do you use and what advantages or disadvantages do you find? Are you emotionally attached to your tackle box as I am?
Ideally i would want two - one which acts as a tardis to keep all my tackle safe, or to take on a fishing break if there there were several different venues to consider or alternative options when i arrive (such as a lake with a river behind it) and then a minimalist version for taking just what i might need on a particular short session. Unfortunately the closest i have ever got to the latter is to dump a few bits and pieces in a tupperware box (or in a bait apron) ..usually to find that something of critical importance had been left at home.
So for my tardis I still use a wooden tackle box based on a two-tier float box (15 inches by 9 inches and about 2.5 inches deep), with floats held in place by those foam strips, but with a 3 inch deep base added to it by my Godfather as a birthday present, when i was about 14 years old (late 1970s). The base has a removable tray part with separate compartments (used for hooklength spools/ wallets of hooks etc) and shot is keep in open tubs in a line of pine with holes cut to take them with a foam strip holding them in place when i shut the box. Theres further compartments underneath the tray for feeders/ledgers etc. I later customised the float sections to hold even more floats. I think theres about 250 now - with river floats in one section and wagglers etc etc in the other. Pole floats (not that i use a pole) are kept under the tray part.
This is all great and works a treat - never falls over, hinges work fine, holds all i need ..but it weighs over 9Ib and is bulky. On sentimental grounds it would be impossible to ever replace it - i also know where things are and could find them blindfolded. Before this box i vaguely remember having a plastic box, like a toolbox, where the trays came out as you opened it up. Always falling over, wouldnt shut if a tray was overfilled ..so was glad to be shot of it.
But what do you use and what advantages or disadvantages do you find? Are you emotionally attached to your tackle box as I am?
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