BILL DANCE FISHING BLOOPERS Volume 2. Bill has almost endless out takes and thank god they were caught on tape. Sit back and enjoy this episode from 1995.
Starting the Tackle Shop Part 4 – Construction Time
Part 4 – Construction Time
Follow along in this entry titled “Starting the Tackle Shop Part 4 – Construction Time”.
I STILL Needed Inventory!
After COUNTLESS HOURS of weeding through clickbait (pun intended) and submissions to Distributors until the wee hours in the morning, I FINALLY found 2 that believed in my idea and were willing to take a chance on the fact that I was not out to undermine other retailers in my area and accept me as a customer.
I had pleaded my case with so many others, it was such a huge weight off of my shoulders to finally be able to start putting the shopping list together. I will circle back to this in a later entry.
This is about the construction, so let’s do it!
Planning Phase
From the beginning I wanted to stand out. I wanted to show that I was going to offer tackle at competative pricing while representing the brands that I carried with the clout that they deserved. After all, there are faces behind all of these and to just throw them on a dirty plywood wall does not do justice to the amount of hard work that went into their creation.
I knew that the first thing that had to go was the flooring. This would need to look and feel like you entered a retail shop, not a box that you pull your quads with for a weekend get away, so I decided on doing a nice wood pattern laminate tongue and groove.
I did my measureing and ordered enough to get the job done from Home Depot.
I went with a grey color as it was going to be easy to clean and is a nice neutral color that does not make your eyes go straight to the floor. It also makes the space look a lot bigger compared to the black floor it came with.
I also needed to pick up slat wall so I can display the tackle on the walls in an organized fashion. While I could have opted for peg board and it would have been much less expensive, I just think it looks cheap.
So after doing my reseach I decided to go with Pro-Slat. It is a composite material, so I would not need to worry about warping due to heat, cold and moisture like I would with the actual retail slat board. It was also less expensive than the retail version and weighs a significant amount less.
Join me on the next installment of Starting the Tackle Shop – an Epic Journey, where an oppertunity of a lifetime presents itself and the epic journey takes a new turn!
Until then.. Tight Lines!
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