Les Thompson knows all about neat edges, perfect dovetailed joints, straight lines and precision planning. Why? Well, for one thing he is a skilled carpenter. For another, he is a fully paid-up member of the Preston Innovations X Box fan club. If you are sitting comfortably, Les will explain…

As a match angler it is always great to know that things are just where you want them to hand. Many years ago when anglers had little choice, the height of sophistication was a plastic compartment tackle box that you put inside your seatbox.

How things have changed and all for the better. Previously, unless you were prepared to spend hours coming up with novel ideas for partitioning drawers within your Continental-style box, a lot of your gear was still free to rattle around and end up in a cluttered mess. But thanks to Preston Innovations’ superb On Box and In Box systems, that nightmare is a thing of the past.

All the In Box accessories fit perfectly inside the sidedrawers, deep or shallow, on the X Box range. You can carry 100-plus pole rigs in the In Box trays which fit perfectly in the drawers, or inside Add-On units. You can store all your hooks in the In-Box magnetised hook storage units, which were designed to fit inside the X Box. And so it goes on. But best of all, for 2007 the X Box range has undergone a revamp and the end result is a range of boxes that are better than ever.