Harrison Dark Carbon Set 1.50 and 1.75 ( Ready to Go )
Specialist 12' 1.50tc
and
Power Specialist 12' 1.75tc
Smoke black blank, Black whippings with a copper tip highlight / Full cork special inlaid handle / IPS reelseat / Black Fuji Alconite k-series 20mm ring set.
The Dark Carbon Specialist is built with balance and weight in mind as this rod is ideal for holding in the hand as well as on the rest. It has a quick action so small stuff still feel great but if you latch into a big'un then you still have 1.50 TC worth of power in the butt.
This rod is perfect for all the specialist work that the Dark Carbon Power Specialist 1.75 TC rod is just to heavy for. I even use mine to trot for grayling, chub, perch, etc.
The Dark Carbon Power Specialist is IMO the best "Barbel" rod out there, as it has the perfect action and power for standard type Barbel fishing.
It's very happy at the lake sat on buzzers awaiting the tench / bream to bite. The powerful blank will push out feeders to a great range if needed.
A Dark Carbon rods is less expensive than an equivalent spec custom made model, not due to it being a lesser quality rod, because it isn't, but because dealing with a custom order and all the management of the component supply chain associated with that take a good deal of time. This cost isn't applicable to a Dark Carbon rod so this cost saving is passed straight on to you, fact. Another big cost saving factor is the removal of the fancy very expensive "checker board" weave pattern carbons and replacing it with a plain carbon of the same engineering properties. As the blanks are coated smoke black the fancy weave would be covered up so there is no point in paying for it. Another big saving.
So, no fancy weave and vastly reduced admin time results in the Dark Carbon rods being just as high quality as one of my customs but with a considerable cost reduction.
