In reply to Post #59
Nice rods.
If they are 12' 2lb tc, then they are Carbon / Aramid Ultralights, the same as the one's I mentioned upthread that I just re-built (MUR's). In 12 foot, they also did a 2.5 tc (ER's), plus 1.75 tc & 1.25 tc (LR's).
They are very light in the hand compared to today's offerings (thin walled, thin in the tip sections, and wide in the butt).
They are still lovely to use for short range fishing, balanced with a smallish reel, but they do have limitations when it comes to backbone - I last used mine to catch a hard fighting 27 pounder in the early 90's, which to this day is still the longest I have ever played a fish. I knew then it was time to get something with a little more beef (which were 2.5 tc Ballistas, which are also these days considered small water rods - shows how rods have changed over the years).
Nice rods.
If they are 12' 2lb tc, then they are Carbon / Aramid Ultralights, the same as the one's I mentioned upthread that I just re-built (MUR's). In 12 foot, they also did a 2.5 tc (ER's), plus 1.75 tc & 1.25 tc (LR's).
They are very light in the hand compared to today's offerings (thin walled, thin in the tip sections, and wide in the butt).
They are still lovely to use for short range fishing, balanced with a smallish reel, but they do have limitations when it comes to backbone - I last used mine to catch a hard fighting 27 pounder in the early 90's, which to this day is still the longest I have ever played a fish. I knew then it was time to get something with a little more beef (which were 2.5 tc Ballistas, which are also these days considered small water rods - shows how rods have changed over the years).
In reply to Post #62
Forgot to add, I bought my blanks off Bob too, must have been not that long after he opened his shop in South Darenth.
Forgot to add, I bought my blanks off Bob too, must have been not that long after he opened his shop in South Darenth.
Would YAC stalkers be seen as vintage these days, guessing the different blank colour options aren't a thing any more. I keep my eye out for some and the terrible fitting TA bag just in case.
In reply to Post #64
No you can still get them . Harrison blanks but only in unground or ground matt black and burgundy..
No you can still get them . Harrison blanks but only in unground or ground matt black and burgundy..
In reply to Post #65
Thought so, didn't they do three colours back then - green, chestnut and burgundy?
Thought so, didn't they do three colours back then - green, chestnut and burgundy?
In reply to Post #66
Yeah harrisons stopped the green and chestnut a long time ago , not a fan of painted blanks scratch too easily.
Yeah harrisons stopped the green and chestnut a long time ago , not a fan of painted blanks scratch too easily.
In reply to Post #66
but you can still colour the blanks and bondaseal them, or vice versa, go from a coloured harrison back to natural grey. My og YAC burgandy harrisons are currently going back to grey as being rebuilt as the whippings went white
but you can still colour the blanks and bondaseal them, or vice versa, go from a coloured harrison back to natural grey. My og YAC burgandy harrisons are currently going back to grey as being rebuilt as the whippings went white
In reply to Post #36
OMG i had a set of these years ago.....fantastic Rods and not sure what ever happened to them, i remember taking them on my first trip to France late 90's
OMG i had a set of these years ago.....fantastic Rods and not sure what ever happened to them, i remember taking them on my first trip to France late 90's