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on a tight budget, you may be better served looking for an old rod to strip and rebuild. Doing things that way is likely to get you a better blank for your money. There's also a chance that you could buy an old rod built on that Harrison blank for a fraction of the price of a new blank alone. I've also read many suggestions that a novice rod builder is often best served buying something really cheap for their first effort, even if there's little intention of using it.
With regards to the club, give me a shout if you go for it. There's very little of our water below Richmond that I'm not familiar with.