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Found me a way to fish these dog days of summer! Cost of pvc stand, about $10.00, cost of Sportsbrella, $29.00 plus tax, value of both on the water in July and August .........priceless!!! Thumbs Up
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What HD did you find the Sports Brella at?Quote:
Originally Posted by ski trip
NICE!!! Thumbs Up
Nice set up, thanks for posting.
Sportsbrella came from Home Depot in Conway. They still had lots of them last week in green, red and blue.
Way cool !
What they said! I have an umbrella and it works for Catfishing, but 12' jig poles are too long.
Yeah, that's the only drawback. Have to lean forward a little to get jigpole straight up. This is better suited for spider rigging in the shade, I think.
Can't beat a sports brella.
nice set up, what did you attach the straps to on the boat?
Nice Jerry, Im getting one of those dude.
Shade in the summer and it'll keep the rain and snow off in the winter. Looking good Ski trip
i like it other than it looks like the tie-downs would be in the way when you were storing rods to move. i have a regular unbrella in the same kind of bracket you have. it's an 8 ft brella and covers me good.
I need to get me one of those. I wonder if my wife would mind setting in the sun?
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Originally Posted by olduckhunter
I just put those flaps down and tied them down to see what it would look like. I'll leave the flaps up unless there's considerable wind and need to tie it down. Also, will have hooks on both ends of the cord so it won't be much trouble to simply reach up and unhook it from the brella, fold the brella up, store rods and move. You're right though, they'll be a little trouble but I figure that's the price I'll have to pay for shade!
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Originally Posted by jimp
They're hooked to the ribs of the boat on the side and a rail on the back seat. I just tied them on to see what it would look like but am going to put hooks on each end of all 4 cords so I can hook them and unhook them quickly and easily. Those flaps fold up and hook on top of the brella and I prolly won't even use them unless there's enough wind that I need to tie the brella down. If there's that much wind though, I'm not sure I wan't to put up an 8 foot sail!
ski, all you need to hold the brella down is a bungee strap hooked on the pole and down to the pvc bracket. wind won't lift it out of the boat then. at least that's the way i fixed mine.
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Originally Posted by olduckhunter
Great idea, Old. Leave the flaps up and bungee the whole umbrella to the pvc stand will work great. Thanks. Why didn't I think of that? Doh
I heard they ain't on sale for 29 bucks anymore. Any one know?
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Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine
Ski looks good, shade is important this time off year, I don't think it would work good on my bass boat, I am afraid it might turn into a parasail at 65 mph going across the lake. You know it is hot and dry and your in a drought when the trees start whistling at dogs to get watered.
big river, try a sam's club. i saw some at j'boro, ark a while back.
hey Big...I bought min at the HD in Little Rock...but they were on clearance there 29$ and they had a slew of 'em...I'll be in there this week and will check...Quote:
Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine
Hey Big River,Quote:
Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine
When I bought mine here at Home Depot in Conway, the price shown on the Sportsbrella was $39.95. I told the guy in lawn and garden that every other Home Depot store in Arkansas was selling the same umbrella for $29.95, so he said he'd sell it to me for that price. Lo and behold, when he ran it thru the computer at the cash register, the computer said the price of it was $29.00 so that's what I paid for it. So if you find one at a Home Depot have them check it on the scanner at the register before you pay $39.95. Thumbs Up
i was in sam's at jonesboro today and they have several left but they are now 39.95. they may cut the price before long or take them off the shelf since they are a seasonal item.