Invest, Organize, Repeat!
Growing up, I had one tackle box for summer and winter steelhead, spring and fall chinook. It carried a mix of hooks, some plugs, sinkers, a couple flashers, an extra spool of line, some swivels and lots of Okie Drifters.
As years passed, I began filling the little tackle box compartments with a variety of Corkies, Spin-N-Glos, spinners, more sinkers, different swivels and a selection of flashers. Then I added bigger flashers and divers, more styles of plugs, and multiple spools of backup lines. By now, my one tackle box doubled to two, and all my sinkers were carried in a bag of their own.
When I discovered Plano tackle boxes, I spent hours organizing gear and loved every moment. Now, for the first time, I had a tackle box marked summer steelhead, one marked winter steelhead, one marked spring chinook and another marked fall chinook; I also had one for trout.
Then, sometime around 1980, Flambeau came out with a tackle bag that held multiple compartmentalized tackle boxes. As I upsized, and could afford more tackle, I now had a place to store it all and keep it organized. My wife says I’m an organization freak, but hey, she doesn’t seem to complain when she goes to the freezer and finds fish to eat.