Tackle Boxes

Small Clear Boxes for a Dedicated Kit

At the compact end, small fixed-compartment boxes are cheap enough to run several at once rather than one for everything. They're built for small accessories, sinkers, split rings, swivels and light jigheads or hooks, with clear lids so you can see what's inside without opening it. Because they're only a few dollars each, this is where a dedicated species or technique kit makes sense: a light box scaled purely for bream sits alongside a separate one built around heavier estuary gear, and neither has to carry stock the other doesn't need.

Heavy-Duty Trays for a Bigger Session

Stepping up in size, heavy-duty compartment trays are built from tougher plastic with strong snap locks rather than a simple clip lid, and they're backed by a 1-year warranty on the main body (90 days on dividers, closure clips and handles). A 10-compartment tray suits a single technique or a day trip's worth of terminal tackle, while a larger 44-compartment double-sided tray holds enough variety across hooks, leader and lures that it works either as reserve stock at home or as a genuine all-rounder when you're not sure exactly what the session will call for.

Wearable Storage for Mobile Fishing

Not every session suits carrying a rigid box at all. A back pack built for fishing swaps the tray for a water-resistant, heavy-duty fabric build with multiple separate compartments, a padded back and straps, and enough capacity to carry gear plus wet weather kit across rock, beach or river fishing where you're moving between spots on foot. A smaller waist pack strips that down further: an internal pocket sized to hold a tackle box, an external pocket for a phone, tool pockets, and a bottle pocket with a restraining strap, all in a tough water-resistant fabric built specifically around kayak, fly and small lure fishing, where every gram and every centimetre of space on board actually matters.

Two-Tier Stocking: Bulk at Home, Frontline at the Water

Underneath any of these, the system that actually holds up over a season is running two tiers rather than one. Keep bulk reserve stock, spare hooks, sinkers, swivels and leader, in a larger tray at home, and top up smaller frontline boxes or a wearable pack from that reserve before each trip. Restocking happens once, in ten minutes at home, rather than being figured out at the water when you're already a hook short.

The Most Common Mistake

The mistake we see most often is the reverse of all this: one large, general-purpose box packed with a bit of everything and taken on every trip regardless of what's actually being targeted. It means turning up to a light bream session with heavy gear buried somewhere in the tray, or heading out for a bigger target with a box that can't really back it up. Splitting gear across two or three smaller, purpose-built containers, and topping them up from a home reserve before each trip, is a small amount of setup time that pays off every time you're rigging up at the water instead of second-guessing what's actually in the box.