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The Premier Bite Indication for Predator Anglers My promise is to give you an exceptional product with exceptional service.

Since going commercial in December 2007 Billy's Backbiters have quickly established themselves as the number one Bite Alarm for Pike Anglers throughout the UK and Europe. The combination of 23 years of engineering and 25 years of pike fishing have provided me with all the experience necessary to deliver what all Pike anglers want. A high quality and supremely reliable 'Backbiter' or 'Drop Back' st

yle alarm that will provide season after season of continuous reliable service no matter what the worse of the winters weather has to throw at them.

29/04/2026

Morning guys and gals ,
Holiday time for us has finally arrived, we fly Saturday so cut off for ordering 4pm this afternoon
I still built some more stock of the ORIGINAL and the BEST zandavan rollovers just as Barry Mcconall designed them al those years ago.

Accept NO copies !!!

Stock ready to post are :-

Zandavan rollovers now £25 each

5 red, 5 gold , 7grey , 1 green ,

I have also had some new 16mm and 20mm bank stick attachments made , £5 each

Postage £8 first class signed for delivery ,

If you would like to order please comment on this post or inbox me on the page

Tight lines

Paul

20/04/2026

Evening all,
Nice to see some nice weather after a long wet winter , being quite mild here in Yorkshire,
The new zandavan rollovers seem to be a massive hit, and being selling like hot cakes ,

I have been working a lot of hours to put some more together as we are due to go on holiday in the 2nd of may ,

Currently not on the Web site due to low stock levels and I don’t want to be putting on and off all the time ,
To order please comment on this post or drop us an email or message , and we can sort out the order
Please do not hesitate to get those orders in so I can get the parcels packed and delivered before we are closed for may ,

In stock I have:-
10 grey
9 gold
4 red
1 green

Also in stock I have some new 20mm bank stick attachments,

Billys backbiters , rollover adapters and all the usual in stock ready to ship

The original and the best rollovers as designed by Barry McConnell, sensitive , and massively versatile so easy to use , in all angling and weather conditions…..
accept no copies !!!

Please share the post guys

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Paul

22/03/2026

Evening guys and gals
With spring just around the corner and pike season drawing to a close,
Here at billys we are turning our attention to getting our first batch of zandavan rollovers onto the banks
The original and the best as designed by the living legend Barry Mcconall , accept no imitations !!!
With the ever increasing costs of everything , anodising being one of the main ones I have had to increase the price unfortunately to £24 each
I have spent all weekend building more rollovers so this is what I have ready to go ….

1 green ( more tubes on order these have been very popular with people seeing them on the bank while I was testing )
12 grey
14gold
11 red

Currently not on the web site as I need to get some photos which will be done in the coming weeks ,
If you would like to order , please drop me a message or comment on the post.

Please like and share or post ,

Few photos received from one of our happy customers yesterday first time out with his new set of green zandavan rollovers . Thanks for the photos mate

Tight lines

Paul

15/03/2026

Evening guys and gals
With spring just around the corner and pike season drawing to a close,
Here at billys we are turning our attention to getting our first batch of zandavan rollovers onto the banks ,
With the ever increasing costs of everything , anodising being one of the main ones I have had to increase the price unfortunately to £24 each
I have spent all weekend building more rollovers so this is what I have ready to go ….

1 green ( more tubes on order these have been very popular with people seeing them on the bank while I was testing )
12 grey
14gold
11 red

Currently not on the web site as I need to get some photos which will be done in the coming weeks ,
If you would like to order , please drop me a message or comment on the post

Please like and share

Tight lines

Paul

11/03/2026

Evening guys and gals
With spring just around the corner and pike season drawing to a close,
Here at billys we are turning our attention to getting our first batch of zandavan rollovers onto the banks ,
With the ever increasing costs of everything , anodising being one of the main ones I have had to increase the price unfortunately to £24 each
I have limited numbers ready to go ….

1 green ( more tubes on order these have been very popular with people seeing them on the bank while I was testing )
9 grey
9 gold
9 red

Currently not on the web site as I need to get some photos which will be done in the coming weeks ,
If you would like to order , please drop me a message or comment on the post

Please like and share

Tight lines

Paul

28/01/2026

Evening pikers ,
As we are getting towards the business end of the seasons the big girls will be starting to pack the weight on.
Here in Yorkshire we had a serious freeze over just and I myself am looking forward to getting out on the bank at the weekend and putting some big old dead baits out to defrost , who knows one of my Billys might scream me into action ……
Current stock ready to ship :-
2 x black and blues
7 x blue nose
5 x red alerts
3 x billy crystals blue led
1 x billy crystal green led

Roller and standard arms along with rod pod adapters and line clips all ready to ship ,

Currently half way building my first batch of zandavan rollovers , got all my parts back from the anodisers so watch this space ,
Will be limited number to start with so please register interest.
I’m maybe thinking I may run a pre order type of thing, so I know what colours to build ,

Get those orders in guys and girls , it’s not too late to have your order for use this weekend

Please share the post …..

Tight lines

Paul

11/12/2025

Evening pikers ,

CHRISTMAS DEAD LINE !

Christmas is just around the corner , if you are planning to buy for yourselves or for Christmas gifts please order in sufficient time , to give me time to get the orders built and shipped before the Christmas cut off for Royal Mail .

We are trying hard to keep on top of shipping parcels as fast as possible ,

STOCK READY TO POST are as follows :-
4 x black and blue
8 x bluenose
5x red alert
2 x billy crystals ( 1 x blue 1 x green )
1 x black and green

Still have the Billy bite size for sale .

Green drop offs now in stock in both standard and roller arms ,

Rod pod adapters, in stock ready to go

Anyone got any photos of your Billy’s on the banks , we always love seeing your photos .

Get those orders in guys and gals ,

All alarms are 100% British built personally by myself and come with 2 years parts and labor warranty, on the market for 15 years plus’s , used and abused tried and tested world wide !!!
DONT get sucked in by mass produced Chinese copies !!!

………. Zandavan rollovers are currently sold out but I have officially started production of my first batch of the original and best low resistance rollover in the world ……. All the parts are at the anodisers and hopefully I will have the parts back before Christmas so I can build some over the holidays !
1st peak at the new batch of Zandavan rollovers work in progress , working hard to get them built , but from a standing start it’s taking a little time.

Please like and share the post guys

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Paul and Claire p

26/11/2025

Evening pikers ,
Christmas is just around the corner and orders are starting to increase , if you are planning to buy for yourselves or for Christmas gifts please order in sufficient time , to give me time to get the orders built and shipped before the Christmas cut off for Royal Mail .
We are trying hard to keep on top of shipping parcels as fast as possible ,
Stock ready to ship are as follows :-
7 x black and blue
7x blue nose
4 x red alert
4 x billy crystals ( various LEDs)
6x black and green

Still have the Billy bite size for sale .

Green drop offs now in stock in both standard and roller arms ,

Rod pod adapters, in stock ready to go

Anyone got any photos of your Billy’s on the banks , we always love seeing your photos .

Get those orders in guys and gals ,

All alarms are 100% British built personally by myself and come with 2 years parts and labor warranty, on the market for 15 years plus’s , used and abused tried and tested world wide !!!
DONT get sucked in by mass produced Chinese copies !!!

………. Zandavan rollovers I have officially started production of my first batch of the original and best low resistance rollover in the world …….
1st peak at the new batch of Zandavan rollovers work in progress , working hard to get them built , but from a standing start it’s taking a little time.

Please like and share the post guys

Tight lines

Paul

12/11/2025

Evening pikers ,
We are trying hard to keep on top of shipping parcels as fast as possible ,
Stock ready to ship are as follows :-
9 x black and blue
6 x blue nose
2x red alert
4 x billy crystals ( various LEDs)
5 x black and green

Still have the Billy bite size for sale .

Green drop offs now in stock in both standard and roller arms ,

Rod pod adapters, in stock ready to go

Anyone got any photos of your Billy’s on the banks , we always love seeing your photos .

Get those orders in guys and gals ,

All alarms are 100% British built personally by myself and come with 2 years parts and labor warranty, on the market for 15 years plus’s , used and abused tried and tested world wide !!!
DONT get sucked in by mass produced Chinese copies !!!

On a side note ………. Zandavan rollovers are in motion for myself producing my first batch of the original and best low resistance rollover in the world …….
What colours do people reccomend would be a good choice , myself I’m thinking blue and silver ! Maybe a gold ! ? For the first batch

Please like and share the post guys

Tight lines

Paul

01/11/2025

Evening pikers ,
We are trying hard to keep on top of shipping parcels as fast as possible ,
Stock ready to ship are as follows :-
6 x black and blue
8 x blue nose
4 x red alert
6 x billy crystals ( various LEDs)
3 x black and green

Still have the Billy bite size for sale .

Green drop offs now in stock in both standard and roller arms ,

Rod pod adapters, and zandavan rollovers in stock

Anyone got any photos of your Billy’s on the banks , we always love seeing your photos .

Get those orders in guys and gals ,

All alarms are 100% British built personally by myself and come with 2 years parts and labor warranty,
(Not that you need it , there are alarms out there 15 years old and more and still not missed a beat ! )
DONT get sucked in by mass produced Chinese copies !!!

Please like and share the post guys

Tight lines

Paul

28/10/2025

Evening pikers ,
We are trying hard to keep on top of shipping parcels as fast as possible ,
Stock ready to ship are as follows :-
5 x black and blue
6 x blue nose
3 x red alert
4 x billy crystals ( various LEDs)
1 x black and green

Still have the Billy bite size for sale .

Green drop offs now in stock in both standard and roller arms ,

Rod pod adapters, and zandavan rollovers in stock

Anyone got any photos of your Billy’s on the banks , we always love seeing your photos .

Get those orders in guys and gals ,

All alarms are 100% British built personally by myself and come with 2 years parts and labor warranty,
(Not that you need it , there are alarms out there 15 years old and more and still not missed a beat ! )
DONT get sucked in by mass produced Chinese copies !!!

Please like and share the post guys

Tight lines

Paul

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