Mid november i was looking for my headlight and couldnt find it. wasnt in my jacket my bag inside my hat, it was nowhere to be seen. while searching for it i found tackle i forgot i even had. i had stuff everywhere, in the attic, the back porch, hotpress, in the wardrobe, on top of the wardrobe, under the bed, random shelves and pretty much every drawer had some random bit of tackle or something fishing related in it. decided there and then i had to do something about so gathered everything together in one place and had no idea i had so much stuff. had to buy some pine storage shelves for the gear, it was too big but was able to cut the bits i needed to fit and used the left overs to make the board for the reels, then couldnt find a chest big enough for the clothes and boots so bought 2 small ones and used the bits to make one big one. the bit where the chest is at the moment originally had an old metal water tank of similar size which i managed to get out of the attic and downstairs all by myself without incident (the potential for disaster was huge so was really chuffed).
was amazed at the number of rods and reels i have, nearly 20 of each. and all of which i've used at least once in the last year except 1 or 2. great to be prepared for every occasion. same for the tackle boxes, one for sea fishing, one for general coarse fishing, one for pike, one for spinning, 2 fly boxes, boat traces and pirks, etc etc you name it i probably have it or something very similar.
i know few of you will care that much but im really pleased with how it turned out.
everything has its place and everything in its place. really i should move house to somewhere i can have a shed then i can really organise everything.
its taken 2 months to find everything and find a place for it. once id finished i found more stuff under the stairs and kinda had to squeeze it in. i never did find the headtorch but i did find another i lost years ago
anyone else have similar disorganisation issues as i did or was it just me?
