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A possibly Dull thread ?

Darren C Smith

Darren C Smith

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Firstly i will apologise for another "which rod thread" ,im sure you have all read hundreds , but it seems that when thinking of parting with a fair wedge of cash its only sensible to seek advice !

my dilemma ...... I would like to treat myself to a new rod which i would mainly use for rolling meat on the Royalty and Throop .So off i went to my local angling shop today with a Harrison rod in mind ... here i was presented with some options ...

an 11ft Harrison 1.6 tc avon rod or a Harrison chimera no1 or the ever popular torrix ??

would 11ft be ok for rolling meat ? im fairly new to barbel fishing so still have an open mind to rods and i would be very grateful for any thoughts ??

Cheers Darren
 
Hi men,

So bloody boring , get off this site strait away , strait to jail , but you had better pass GO , and pick up £200 :D.

Tom , I thought of that one being advertised !. Not sure you really need a specialist rolling rod , as you may want to use it for other situations ?. My son has a Torix , lovely rod.

Hatter
 
Darren C Smith said:
Firstly i will apologise for another "which rod thread" ,im sure you have all read hundreds , but it seems that when thinking of parting with a fair wedge of cash its only sensible to seek advice !

my dilemma ...... I would like to treat myself to a new rod which i would mainly use for rolling meat on the Royalty and Throop .So off i went to my local angling shop today with a Harrison rod in mind ... here i was presented with some options ...

an 11ft Harrison 1.6 tc avon rod or a Harrison chimera no1 or the ever popular torrix ??

would 11ft be ok for rolling meat ? im fairly new to barbel fishing so still have an open mind to rods and i would be very grateful for any thoughts ??

Cheers Darren
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Hi Darren

Have you heard of a guy called Chris Holley, mostley rolls meat, has his own range of rods out WWW.rovingproducts he designed rods primilary with rolling in mind, on a Harrison Torrix Blank, his fishes the Royalty & Throop a lot.

Mike
 
CH Rods are...£259.00p on the website.
RW/JW Youngs Rods are...£61.00p on ebay. Caught barbel to 15.12 and chub to 7+, salmon to 14lb, pike to 12+
Biased and cheap ...but i know what I use all the time nowadays and prefer for rolling or static barbel and chub fishing etc!:)
Of course, you pays yer money and make yer choice.
If your flush, Check out also the Bruce and Walker No1 Hexagraph (£888.00p) or the Bruce and Walker Powerlite Avon (£399.00p). Used both of these in the past and had loads of big barbel to 17.12 on the hexagraph and 13+ on the Powerlite Avon when i field tested it for them years ago.
 
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I just recently bought the 11ft Harrison 1.10 tc from Davis tackle, solely used for rolling meat & I am well pleased with it. You can feel what is happening with the business end through the rod & last time out it landed a 14lb'er with no drama at all! :)
 
I know there are lots of "experts" out there these days but when it comes to rolling meat advice you won't go wrong listening to Ray Walton, he has forgotten more about the subject than most of us will ever know. If he says spend less than £70 on a JW Young rod which he helped develop then that's where my money would go, despite my personal love affair with Harrison rods
 
I did use a special designed Harrision blank in between the Hexagraph and RW/JW Youngs called the Barbelshack River Roller 1.3 and 1.6 t/c. I had around 20 made of each and sold them all for around £160-£195. Again, in my opinion they were the dogs ********, as i copied the hexagraph set up onto a harrison blank which basically was around half the price of a hexagraph at the time. Then i transferred the Harrison set up onto the RW/JW Young blank which was a more sensitive thin blank and a bit lighter in weight (which for me is a necessity for critical fine bite/enquiry transmission thru rod to hand etc), again reducing the price by yet half again, although these rods did fluctuate in price from time to time. The ones on the market at the mo are the newer 2nd edition 1.6t/c with the newer thinner modified cork handle. The 1.3 version is discontinued.
In my opinion, all three rod types are a progression of a tool to my personal fine tuning the rolling method to enhance bite detection, balance, playing fish etc, and it can be used for most barbel methods and other species. The RW/JW Young was field tested for over a year on the Royalty!
 
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Thanks for the advice chaps . I now have my nose pressed against the window awaiting the arrival of my new RW JW youngs barbel rod :)
Now i can afford a shiny new reel to go with it ! ...... mmm oh dear :confused::confused:
 
Darren C Smith said:
Thanks for the advice chaps . I now have my nose pressed against the window awaiting the arrival of my new RW JW youngs barbel rod :)
Now i can afford a shiny new reel to go with it ! ...... mmm oh dear :confused::confused:
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It's a nice blank Darren, but as yet I havn't used mine from new, every so often I take it out of the case and give it a waggle though:p
 
Hi men,

There you go Darren , potentially boring thread that ain't !, with the site used in the way it was designed for , helpful advice , saving you time and money !.
Enjoy the rod .

Hatter
 
Darren,

I notice you're in Christchurch, if you drop Ray a PM, he may be able to give you some pointers as to using it. ;)
 
Ray Walton Rod

I bought one of these rods a while ago from Lathams for £50 and I have to say it's a pretty good rod. Nice, light and responsive and at that price, one of the bargains of the year.

Nick C
 
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