I realy dont think you can beat keeping it simple , i think its sometimes a case of going into a tackle shop and just buying because you think you might need it , but realy just a waste of money , most times i know where i'm going and what i am aiming at and set a couple of rods up the night before , lug a load of gear down the next day ,catch a nice few fish and find i havn't even touched the tackle boxes , iv'e just used what i went with so now i just take the bare min, and not so tired lol. Mind you i'm not a carper in the sense of the word , mostly fish rivers and and club lakes but all on float or quiver . When i take my grandson this year to start him off , he will learn all the basics of river and lake fishing , on basic tackle , the way i learned at the age of seven , if he wants to become a bivvy boy later in life that will be his choice , but he will learn to fish properly first , including fish care and respect for what he catches , to take in the wildlife and surroundings and i hope enjoy for many years what i teach him. I truly believe that to catch roach bream tench perch gudgeon dace you name it on some nice float tackle is far nicer than to sit behind a buzzer for days on end waisting your life away. And i dont mean that in a nasty way , it suits some but not me , give me basics and pleasure anyday.