Re: storing fly tying stuff: I started out with a large toolbox from the hardware store. It has a removable tray in which I store smaller boxes in which I store packages of hooks, beads, etc... The tray has room for longer small items, such as packages of herl. The lid to the tool box has two compartments that have separators that fit my spools of thread, wire, floss, etc.. perfectly. The toolbox is more than long enough to store packages of long feathers, capes, etc... I also have packages of marabou stored in clear, lidded plastic boxes.

I obtained both sizes of small clear boxes from an office supply store. They are have lids and the smallest sizes fit perfectly in the tray.

Note that I said I "started out" with the toolbox. Since then, I have outgrown the toolbox, but that system worked well for my first year of fly tying.