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Harrison 11' Avon 1.6lb

Julian Griffiths said:
Which quiver tip manufacturer did you use out of interest?

Was thinking of having a free spirit quiver tip on a future build as it happens, but have had a few people mention that those carbon tips are brittle.... Which is news to me by the way! 🤔
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I hear hollow carbon tips may be brittle.
 
Julian Griffiths said:
Which quiver tip manufacturer did you use out of interest?

Was thinking of having a free spirit quiver tip on a future build as it happens, but have had a few people mention that those carbon tips are brittle.... Which is news to me by the way! 🤔
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The lighter tips 0.5-2.5 oz are glass. Oh, I am referring to tips for barbel rods, maybe the tips for hi s feeder are all carbon.
 
Martin Osmond said:
Richard, does that mean any rod buikded that uses Harrison blanks is able to get a spliced tip from them?
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you’d have to consult with the builder and also the tip rating would change depending on the blank action. For example they are not going to splice a 2oz tip into a 2lb torrix

I had chimera ones built by peregrine rods.
They were 1.5lb rods with 3oz tips spliced into them and that worked.
A Torrix 1.75 would need at least 4-5oz tip to blend with the blanks action so that needs to be considered
 
Richard Isaacs said:
you’d have to consult with the builder and also the tip rating would change depending on the blank action. For example they are not going to splice a 2oz tip into a 2lb torrix

I had chimera ones built by peregrine rods.
They were 1.5lb rods with 3oz tips spliced into them and that worked.
A Torrix 1.75 would need at least 4-5oz tip to blend with the blanks action so that needs to be considered
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Yes that's what Roger told me on my 11 tortix which had a 4oz
 
Richard Isaacs said:
No this is correct. It is cut and spliced but this process is done at the factory by Harrison
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I though otherwise, jumped to conclusions regrettably, so yet again Richard, I bow to your superior knowledge . Roger will get a 3oz for my 1.6 avon and build to match the rod ofcourse at a very reasonable cost but couriers fees kill it really as we live 150 miles apart. I hope to get west this year sometime over the summer so will try and liase for a collection , as indeed I did with the avon in '22.
 
Julian Griffiths said:
I might very well make the trip down Alec, I'll get to see some of the ready builds whilst I'm there.... Making sure the wallets nowhere near! 🤣
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I am not sure how many rods he keeps in stock. I get the impression its a more bespoke service. I know he had some health issues around covid time but when I saw him again to collect my avon 18 months ago I was delighted to see how well he looked.
I was a little apprehensive before I had a day with him on the wye back in summer '19 bearing in mind he seemed to have gained a reputation for not suffering fools etc, but he suffered me fine and I had a great day. Love to do it again in fact. I like him immensely, a very special one off!
Saw too, 9 kingfishers in flight simultaneously, on the opposite bank. Might have been more but I had one hand on the rod so struggled to count after 5 and had boots on, so that didn't help either .Ha!
 
Alec Hague said:
I am not sure how many rods he keeps in stock. I get the impression its a more bespoke service. I know he had some health issues around covid time but when I saw him again to collect my avon 18 months ago I was delighted to see how well he looked.
I was a little apprehensive before I had a day with him on the wye back in summer '19 bearing in mind he seemed to have gained a reputation for not suffering fools etc, but he suffered me fine and I had a great day. Love to do it again in fact. I like him immensely, a very special one off!
Saw too, 9 kingfishers in flight simultaneously, on the opposite bank. Might have been more but I had one hand on the rod so struggled to count after 5 and had boots on, so that didn't help either .Ha!
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Yeah, I heard the same, but he's been as good as gold & been very helpful towards me & my requests for the rods.
I'm not bombarding him with texts etc, so maybe that helps 🤣
 
He know what works and what doesn't. Just fishingvan afternoon session. 4 mice carp 3 double best to 15 ish. Including one called bullhead due its shaped head . Best short spell in ages.
 
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