Eternaloptimist
Active member
Hi to all .
Been back into fishing about two seasons now and still learning . My problem is that in my new found enthusiasm I think I may have bought too much stuff
(and probably the wrong type of stuff) . I live in a small flat so dont really have any room indoors to store my fishing gear so it tends to live permanently in my boot
(Ford Kuga). The idea was that I would allocate half the boot space for fishing gear and leave the other half so the wife can occasionally go shopping and buy food? .
I bought a Preston feeder chair which is a decent chair but much bigger and bulkier (and heavier) than I imagined. That now takes care of three quarters of the floor space . I also have an old sports type holdall for tackle box rod rests bait boxes etc. Then there is the stink bag for landing net and side tray for chair . Add my fishing overalls and wellies and the boot is rapidly running out of space . I do have a rod bad with rod and pole / topkits which I do keep in the flat as this wont fit in the boot at all .
It's not just the volume of all this equipment but also the weight . Its getting more and more difficult to drag all this stuff from the boot to the bank . Old age and arthritis dont help either. I thought about maybe buying a seat box ( although this wont help with weight I thought it might "condense" the volume down a bit by combing seat and tackle into one unit ). If a could start again and reset I'm sure I would do things totally differently.
If any fellow anglers out there have any advice or help on how to address these issues I would be very grateful.
Tight lines.
Been back into fishing about two seasons now and still learning . My problem is that in my new found enthusiasm I think I may have bought too much stuff
(and probably the wrong type of stuff) . I live in a small flat so dont really have any room indoors to store my fishing gear so it tends to live permanently in my boot
(Ford Kuga). The idea was that I would allocate half the boot space for fishing gear and leave the other half so the wife can occasionally go shopping and buy food? .
I bought a Preston feeder chair which is a decent chair but much bigger and bulkier (and heavier) than I imagined. That now takes care of three quarters of the floor space . I also have an old sports type holdall for tackle box rod rests bait boxes etc. Then there is the stink bag for landing net and side tray for chair . Add my fishing overalls and wellies and the boot is rapidly running out of space . I do have a rod bad with rod and pole / topkits which I do keep in the flat as this wont fit in the boot at all .
It's not just the volume of all this equipment but also the weight . Its getting more and more difficult to drag all this stuff from the boot to the bank . Old age and arthritis dont help either. I thought about maybe buying a seat box ( although this wont help with weight I thought it might "condense" the volume down a bit by combing seat and tackle into one unit ). If a could start again and reset I'm sure I would do things totally differently.
If any fellow anglers out there have any advice or help on how to address these issues I would be very grateful.
Tight lines.