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Lake Bolsena 3rd - 9th September 2012
| Rodder's New PB with SONIK SK4 carp rods |
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| Written by Roddy Bird | |||
| Tuesday, 26 May 2009 14:13 | |||
 When looking to replace my 3 ¾ TC Daiwa Infinities I found that I was going round in circles, and let’s face it spending a lot of time in tackle shops and on the internet reading reviews and checking out the latest prices and possible discounts. I had decided to move from 3 ¾ TC rods to a more forgiving 3 ¼ TC,
the reason being, although I like to be able to launch my large lead to the horizon, I also need to be able to play large carp under the rod tip, knowing that my Infinities where on the stiff side I would always compensate with my clutch and not quite give the fish as much pressure as really needed, all this worked well, however when your spending £100 + on a rod, should you really have to make these compensations in the first place. I set out to find a rod that would give me everything I needed without me having to give in to any quirks that the chosen rod might have. Yes I looked at the more expensive end of the market, Harrison obviously came into mind, I had previously owned some Chimera rods and got on quite well with them, however the soft tip was not great for casting large leads or PVA bags. I came across SONIK by chance really on the net, and became interested when respected anglers raved about the rods. I read up on the rods and was totally impressed the only decision was to go for the SK 3 or the SK 4, to cut a long story short and get to the bones of this piece I chose the SK 4 12” 3 ¼ TC. I received them the next day, this may sound normal, however when you live in a small village in Scotland it is very unusual. After carefully unwrapping the well packed rods the first glimpse of the slim blanks made me smile, yep there they are, no fancy frills or thrills there then, remember I had the old Daiwa Infinities magnum Tapers with the gold trimmings etc! A good looking rod that felt great in the hand. I wasted no time, and strapped my Daiwa Infinity BRs to them and took them up the field for a chuck with a lead, OMG they felt great, and the lead soon pulled the line through the guides with ease, yep they can cast a large lead to the horizon, but will they handle a large fish under the tip, well I’m not going to find that out in a field, so off to JURASSICA 2 in Bucy Le Long, France we go.
Roddy Bird's new PB 51lbs 8 oz
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The rods were brilliant and felt at home on this 30 acre gravel pit. They handled everything I asked them too, the carp gods were smiling upon me and must have realised I had some new rods, so I started with a few doubles, no worries there then, I then had a real test with a 36lb 8oz Mirror that got weeded up, I had to go out in the boat, using my reel as a propeller and the SK 4 are a rudder I wound down onto the fish, once again the rod performed are required, it is harder in a boat to get the fish into the net, basically because of the angles etc, the rod was fantastic, I could feel every shake of the carps head, however I was in no doubt as to who was in control, and soon slipper her over the net. The final test happened at midnight just at the end of a 2 hour thunder storm, the rod ripped off and at the end of a 10 minute battle I guided a beautiful 51lb 8oz Mirror over the net a new PB for me. So did the rods do everything I asked of them? YES THEY DID! Hence me writing this now, the rods are fantastic, the service also so far has been second to none. Outstanding company, I would suggest true anglers out there who want new rods to check out SONIK, they do exactly as they say on the tin, and they don’t break the bank. Get some before the SONIK BOOM!
