if someone stole your rods and tacklebox. What would you be more upset at losing

tacklebox

Rods. I usually just fish from a bag of goodies but the night before.

I'd be mostly pissed at them taking my 15 yr old ambassadeur. It's worthless in terms of real money but it was my first reel and I've slain a LOT of fish with it. Now it's just relegated to worm duty but I love it to death.

Everything else is replaceable, and I don't fish with expensive gear so I think the next most pissed off I'd be is just to go through the trouble to find the particular tackle box, clippers, and odds and ends I like that you wouldn't necessarily think to throw in a tackle box when you get a new one.

Im pretty sure that it would cost me about the same to replace the tackle as it would to replace the 5 rods and reels I have... Out of convince it would be a whole lot easier to replace the rods and reels than it would hard plastic, soft plastic and terminal tackle.

Forgot they were in the bed of my truck and had them all stolen while I was in the store. Rods my grandpa had left me and my entire tackle box. Tackle box was far more of a pain in the arse to replace

Rods and reels. I have some 20 year old calcuttas that I would miss dearly. I hate my tackle box. It's always a mess and smells like gulp juice.

That makes sense in saltwater. I'd probably feel differently if thats what I fished a majority of the time.

undoubtedly, my tacklebox. Rods might cost more, but the 7 clear trays of bass baits I have amassed for the specific fishing situations that I encounter plus the 30# of soft plasctics would be a pain to replace. And I couldn't just walk in somewhere and get it all - half the baits are discontinued or only sold certain places/have to be special ordered.

Rods and reels I could walk into BPS with $3000 and replace my 8-10 combos without too much trouble.

Probably the tackle box would be more of a pain in the arse to replace but the rods would be most costly. I typically have 3 rods with me but they would cost in the $200-$300 range each, I could just run to academy and grab a replacement in minutes. The tackle box on the other hand has taken time to sort out to my specific needs and I'd imagine would get pretty pricey to replace as well. Numerous topwater baits at $5-$8 each, probably 20-25 varying colors and sizes, several Paul Brown lures at $8 each, a good variety of saltwater Rat L Traps(which I've yet to use), popping corks aren't cheap, almost a whole tray of Vudu shrimp, those are $6-$8 a pair. Plus those useless Live Target shrimp that I've never used. Not including hooks, jig heads, weights, plastics, etc. I'd be pretty sick if any of my gear was stolen.

Rods and Reels and its not even close.