Best Fishing Tackle Boxes

If you want one box that holds everything for a carp session, this is the one I'd buy. Korda's Large Tackle Box is the box a lot of carp anglers end up with sooner or later, and the Collection version comes with three Accessory Boxes, a 9 and a 16 compartment Mini-Box, a Large Leader Safe, a Tubing Box and a Hook Safe already inside.

For me, the lid is where it really earns its money. It has 25 small compartments with clear flip covers for swivels, shrink tube and kickers, plus a rig board with a grooved hook bar that holds up to 56 pre-tied rigs on the 50 pins supplied, a bar for Spinner Booms and a hi-vis ruler for measuring hooklinks.

Underneath, the main compartment has fixed walls spaced for Korda's spools, Leader Safes and hook boxes, with nine removable dividers so you can set the rest up how you like. Magnetic catches keep it shut, and at 35.5 x 24 x 7.5cm it's big enough to be your only box without being a lump to carry.

It's the dearest box here and terminal tackle isn't included, but to be fair it saves you buying all the smaller boxes one at a time.

If you tie your rigs at home and want them on the bank straight and ready to go, the XL Reload is built around exactly that.

The removable rig board holds up to 60 rigs, with 20 at up to 12in (30cm) and 40 at up to 5.5in (14cm), so longer hooklinks fit as well as your standard-length rigs.

Under the board, eight removable dividers and a fixed central divider let you set up the lower half for leads and small tackle, and the case is weather sealed with secure clips and a carry handle, so it's just as at home in a boat as it is on the bank.

For me, what makes it such good value is that Avid puts a full set of Titanium Retracta tools in the box, which is a splicing needle, gated needle, hair needle, hard bait needle and bait drill, plus a pair of Titanium Braid Scissors.

If you're putting a carp setup together and want a box that's sorted from day one, the Nash Tackle Box Loaded saves you buying the inside boxes one by one.

The Medium comes with three of Nash's internal boxes, a Slim Box 8, a Shallow Box 6 and a Shallow Box 2, so the smallest bits of terminal tackle have their own compartments and there's still room for needles, tools and spares.

It's a modular moulded system with six small dividers to set up the layout, and there's a rig-tying measure in both metric and imperial.

I think the Medium is the size to go for, as at 26 x 20 x 6cm it sits easily in a rucksack, and if you carry more there's a Large version at 34.5 x 26 x 6cm with ten dividers.

The RidgeMonkey Armoury Lite gives you a proper carp tackle box for a lot less than the Korda, and it's the one I'd look at if you want plenty of compartments in a slim box.

There are 57 secure compartments, with space for swivels, anti-tangle sleeves, hooks, hooklinks, PVA, scissors and other rig tools, so pretty much everything you need for a session goes in one place.

It's made from ABS and polypropylene and weighs 885g, and the lid is weather resistant, closes with a strong magnet and has ruler markings on the outside for measuring hooklinks.

At 330 x 190 x 50mm it's slim, and it's designed to fit RidgeMonkey's Ruggage range and the Compact Accessory Case 330, so it suits anyone who already uses their luggage.

The Korda Tacklesafe is the box for short sessions and roving, when you want to carry as little as possible but still have your end tackle in order.

It's a hard clamshell case that closes magnetically, with 29 compartments in all. One side has an open space for hooklink spools, Pulla Rig Toolz and scissors, plus eight flip-top compartments for beads, lead clips and fake baits, so nothing spills out when you open it.

The other side has two bigger lidded compartments for hook packets and baiting needles, and several shallow lidded ones for swivels, rig rings, shrink tube and Kickers.

The soft-touch coating gives it some grip in wet or cold hands, and there's a ruler on it for tying rigs. Korda designed it to sit alongside its RigSafe and ChodSafe, so pair it with one of those for your rigs.

If you're new to carp fishing and just want somewhere tidy to keep your end tackle, the NGT XPR does the job for very little money.

It's the same 24 x 13 x 4cm size as the Korda Tacklesafe, closes with magnets and has a mix of compartments for terminal tackle and accessories.

There's a 20cm measure on the front for rig making, which is handy when you're tying hooklinks on the bank.

It's a simpler box than the Korda and tackle isn't included, but for the price it's a sensible first box or a spare to keep in the car.

Korum's Mega Blox Fully Loaded is the box I'd point a coarse or specimen angler towards if they want one box for everything, because it holds end tackle, tools and pre-tied hooklengths in the same unit.

Inside there are four deep compartments, nine divided sections you can adjust and one long section, with room for spools of line, packets of hooks and accessories.

Two shallow Rig Blox sit in the lid to keep pre-tied hooklengths safe from the weather, and the five Ti Baiting Needles, disgorger and scissors that come with it all click into their own places, so you're not hunting for them at the bottom of the box.

It shuts with secure clips and a gasket, has a captive carry handle and a side grab handle, and there's a length measure for tying rigs. At 36 x 26 x 11.5cm it's an XL box, so it's one for the barrow or carryall rather than a rucksack pocket, but to be fair that's the trade-off for fitting everything in.

For feeder fishing, the Guru Compact Fusion Feeder Box is the one I'd go for if you want everything set up the way you fish, because the whole inside is a tray system you configure yourself.

It comes with a Deep Insert and a Divided Insert, and Guru makes other inserts for EVA hook length spools, short method hook lengths, X-Safe Stems, X-Change Feeder Weights and Feeder Links, so you can build it around your own kit. Fusion Accessory Boxes fit inside too, for swivels, Speed Beads, lead clips and bait bands.

There's an inset at the front for disgorgers, loop tyers, spare weights and baiting tools, and Guru has raised the lid slightly so taller and larger feeders fit.

The inserts work in this and the full-size Fusion Feeder Box, so if you move up later you can take them with you, although buying the extra inserts does add up.

The Daiwa Tournament Feeder Case 24C is a big, tough case for anglers who carry a lot of feeders, and it splits everything across two layers so you're not digging through one deep tray.

The partitions let you design the layout yourself, with up to 25 compartments of different sizes, so big and small feeders can each have the right sized space.

Four closure points keep it shut, and a robust folding handle makes it easy to carry to the peg.

At 39 x 28 x 12.5cm it's not small, so it's one for the carryall or trolley rather than a rucksack, but I think it's fair money for a case this size.

If you want a cheap, simple box to keep feeders, floats and spools in order, the Matrix 16 Compartment is the one I'd buy, and it's the kind of box most match and coarse anglers end up owning a few of.

It's a shallow box, 356 x 220 x 45mm, with 16 compartments and removable dividers, so you can open up bigger spaces for feeders or keep it split for floats and small accessories.

It's moulded from tough PP plastic in a translucent dark grey, so you can see what's inside, and the finish protects whatever's stored in it from UV light.

Matrix also makes it as a deep box with 8 or 16 compartments, so you can build up a set that suits the way you fish.

Most lure anglers end up with a stack of boxes, and the Fox Rage Stack and Store boxes are the ones I'd build that stack from, because they're cheap, they stack and they come in sizes for just about everything.

There are eight configurations in large, medium and small sizes, in shallow and deep versions, so there's a shallow box for jig heads and small soft lures and a deep box for bigger shads and hard lures.

The plastic is plasticiser resistant, so soft rubber baits won't react with it and go sticky, and the Gun Smoke grey finish has a UV filter that stops your lures bleaching. Fox Rage has also added an anti-rust additive to the base to slow down corrosion, which helps keep hooks from rusting.

The red latches close securely, and the boxes stack with the older Stack and Store boxes and fit the Voyager Luggage range, so if you already use Fox Rage bags they slot straight in.

Anyone who fishes hard lures knows the problem of trebles hooking into each other in a normal box, and the Zebco Hardbait Keeper gets round it by hanging each lure in its own slot.

Inside the EVA bag are two 8-slot holders, so it carries 16 hardbaits, and because they hang apart from each other the trebles don't tangle.

The clear lid lets you see what you've got before you open it, there's a strong zip and an adjustable shoulder strap, so it's easy to carry when you're roving the bank.

At 15 x 9 x 23cm it's compact for 16 lures, and there's a 24-slot version if you carry more.