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A Rod For All Seasons? A Year With A Harrison Interceptor Introduction We were enjoying dry warm weather in June and those days of deluges from above seem memories from the distant past. A quick check in the diary revealed that the two pictures below were taken with a little over four...

Introduction I love my 12' Harrison Interceptors which I reviewed for BFW a few years ago. The rods have given excellent service and suited my fishing needs very well. Around October 2002 I decided to treat myself to a new rod and after a lot of consideration chose the 12' Harrison Chimera...

Introduction During last close season, I decided to look for another barbel rod, specifically a quivertip version that I could use during the low clear summer months, and for the smaller rivers such as the Teme. After seeking advice from a number of people in the trade, I looked at the Free...

Right lets get the technical stuff out of the way! The Peregrine Gti Barbel Rod This rod is available in both 11 foot and 12-foot format. The Harrison Blank is constructed from a clever blend of High Modulus, High Strength and Multi Modulus Carbon Fibres. The Blank is normally...

Technical Specification 11 foot, 4 section "Harrison" 1lb 8-ounce Avon style action. Clear lacquered finish. Over fit ferrules. Action is slightly quicker than the original Harrison two-piece Avon but still smooth and progressive. Rings fitted as standard Seymo 247S Alluminia Oxide...

Two Custom Built Chimeras From Mark Tunley Last season, I had the pleasure of meeting and fishing with Bob Gill. As many people know, Bob is THE tackle tart of the Barbel world. He had previously built a pair of Harrison Chimera specialist rods, and I was interested to know more. At the...

Introduction After a lot of standing around in a tackle shop , playing with various rods, I took the plunge and bought a Greys Prodigy barbel rod. The shop had a 2lb tc version in stock with standard avon top and a quiver tip supplied with 3 push in tips -2oz (glass) and 4oz & 6oz ( carbon)...

Reading some of the tackle reviews on BFW inspired me to share my experience of using the above rod. This is an independent and unsolicited review and I have no sponsorship deals with the manufacturer (or anyone else, more's the pity!) Just over two years ago I was re-bitten by the barbel...

Background Just over a year ago I realised that I needed a barbel rod for flooded rivers. Sure, I have plenty of carp rods which I could have pushed into use - and did - but they were all lacking in one vital quality, sensitivity. You might well be thinking 'what's sensitivity got to do with...

Standard Specifications 12 foot long Harrison blank made in the UK - 2lb test curve Fuji triple leg SIC rings Choice of handles -Grade A full cork, full duplon or abbreviated duplon or cork Fuji DPS-B reel seat Additional Features I have 2 of these rods; one built to my...

I first reviewed the 'Onliner' rod in July 2010, and with a bit more use, I've updated the review to reflect extended use. This rod is currently only available in the UK from Seaton Tackle (Chris Chapple 01297625511),and is one of the 'Onliner' series of rods from the German manufacturer D.A.M...

Recently I brought a BFW stalker rod: the reason for this was I was begining to think that my old Daiwa SVC was a bit under gunned at 1.25 Tc, but my Drennan barbel power with its two tips of 1.3/4 to 2 Tc was over gunned. So I wanted something in between and also a shorter length. As some of...

I have some of these that I'm due to review for the site...they look fantastic, almost too nice to use to be honest!

Just thought I'd post the current total of the charity pot... ....a very healthy £144. Not bad in less than two days :) Cheers, Andy F

Hi again, 9:32pm - I've now added all but one account (waiting for reply to an email). So, if you've bought/donated and haven't heard from me, please check your SPAM folder, then drop me a line. I seem to have problems emailing AOL users, which is a shame because it looks as though there are...

Hi, If you have donated to our charities or bought from the BFW shop in order to gain the forum membership, please be aware that you will not receive your membership immediately. I add all new accounts manually and I'm doing rather a lot at the moment. There's currently a lag of around 2...

It's really disappointing that we're seeing personal attacks already on this new board. I'm working my nuts off to get people registered and could do without having to comment on this sort of thing. Chris, we're all old enough to make up our own minds about Graham. I happen to appreciate what...

Hi Kris, I've made that change. Cheers, Andy

Many thanks Graham, I really like the idea of a get together and would love to come. I think I'll create a new section called 'BFW Events' that only registered members can view to reduce the chance of having 'lurkers' turning up uninvited. More soon...

I've updated your name Oaksey. Cheers, Andy F