When starting out with a new hobby, or anything else where you buy equipment or supplies of any kind you are often able to find a start kit or Starter kit where you will get the basic tools and supplies needed to get a good feel for the hobby in question. If you do enjoy it, you will sooner or later outgrow your start kit, but you will probably use some of the tools much longe than that. It all depends on the quality of the kit and of course what sill it is. Not all starter kits are solely for the unexperienced - Several of them are intended for those wanting to try a new style or method. Someone who builds baits for pike fishing might want to try other baits and lures. Another material, or simply another coloring than they have in their ordinary palette. Starter kits are ways an appreciated gift, and often very easy to find without knowing much at all about the profession. In rare occasions these kits are pretty much all you need.