Welcome to the area Thomas. I live in the small town of Arlington, which is about 10 minutes around the 385 bypass from NSA Memphis. I'm heading over to Dale Hollow for the October get together, so if you'd like to ride over together I'd appreciate the company.
Mark
I have been acquainted with Mr. Jim Beam of Clermont, Ky for quite a few years now. I'm sure the three of us could strike up quite a conversation in the evenings.
Had to make the run to Knoxville and back this week. My son is entering UT as a Freshman this fall and had his summer orientation.
It was really hard not to take the Dale Hollow exit off I-40 and check things out, but I was pushed for time. I'm looking forward to our October adventure though...
Just wanted to remind everyone that today, March 15th, Bass Pro has the Eagle Fishmark 320 on sale for $129.99. I picked one up first thing this morning.
They also have the spools of Excel mono @ 3 for $10, so I picked up three spools of that as well.
I got one of the kits from Bass Pro:
https://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_5213_225004004_225000000_225004000_225-4-4?ordProd=Y&CMID=BOTTOM_selectitems#itemDetail
That's a thought that keeps nagging at me. I'm thinking about filling those areas with styrofoam, which might be sufficient, or if not perhaps I do need to add some bracing there for the 1/2" ply decking.
I used Duplicolor self-etching primer from AutoZone:
and Rustoleum Painter's Touch in Nutmeg from Home Depot:
All the framing was done using pop rivets.