Chimera Specialist Rods

CS12-1 12ft/1lb 8oz: £150.00 Eight rings plus tip - 25mm butt/8mm tip.

Built on the Chimera Specialist No.1 blank utilising 3k woven carbon in the butt, with 1k woven carbon in the lower part of the tip section with plain carbon right at the tip. This is a great looking and feeling rod. The tip is soft enough for the rod to be used for float fishing.

CS12-2 12ft/1lb 12oz: £155.00 Eight rings plus tip - 25mm butt/8mm tip.

This rod is a stepped up version of the CS12-1 with a lovely soft tip and a really smooth action that bends progressively into a powerful butt. Popular on the Trent and a favoured big tench rod with those who know about these things! Will handle leads or feeders up to three ounces.

CS12-SU 12ft/2lb 4oz: £160.00 Eight rings plus tip - 25mm butt/8mm tip.

I was lucky enough to use this blank before it was launched and became known as the Chimera Specialist 3. Somewhat stiffer in the tip and more through actioned in the butt than the other Chimera Specialists. Capable of casting, that's casting not swinging out, six ounce leads (and more) or loaded five ounce feeders yet still forgiving enough to avoid hook pulls when using braided line. Just hang on and let it bend! A great rod for the bigger rivers, and fish, in any conditions and for fishing method feeders on stillwaters.

CS12-2B 12ft/1lb 12oz: £165.00 Eight rings plus tip - 25mm butt/8mm tip.

The action of this rod is more like that of the CH-12SU than the other two twelve foot Chimera Specialists. Suitable for barbel in lighter flows and a great method feeder rod for tench and bream,.

CS11-AS 11ft/1lb 4oz: £165.00 Eight rings plus tip - 20mm butt/6mm tip.

What a lovely light through action rod this is. The softness makes it ideal for small specimen species like roach and perch on light lines. Yet the rod will cope with larger, harder fighting, fish should they come along by accident. Everyone who has handled this rod wants one!

CS11-A 11ft/1lb 8oz: £165.00 Eight rings plus tip - 20mm butt/6mm tip.

A stepped up version of the CS11-AS

CS13-F 13ft/SU Float: £165.00 Fifteen rings plus tip - Double and single leg float rings.

A two piece specimen float rod built on a Chimera blank. The action is different to the CS12-1 in as much as the tip is softer at the extreme end. The extra foot means that the blank is wider at the spigot than on the 12ft 1 and 2, which in turn makes the butt section slightly more powerful. The result is a great action for float fishing - the rod is safe to use for soft mouthed fish but has power too. I suspect that if built up as a leger rod this could prove to be a very useful long range bream rod.

Other Harrison Chimera specialist blanks

Rods can also be built on the Chimera blanks below (all are two piece): 11ft 1.5lb Avon 11ft 6in Barbel (Flood and Snag) 13ft SU Float Please enquire for prices.

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