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Shaun Cumming took the long journey south to Wiltshire, where Manningford Trout Fishery promised some exciting action. We think the photographs speak for themselves!
I have cast the rod and it has cast very well - 250yds in fact, and in my eyes, that’s very good for a fishing rod. Ok, I do a lot of fishing in the Clacton area, which means shallow beaches, so distance can play a big part. I have fished this area since I was a young lad and over the years I have used lots of different rods to fish these beaches and I have found that I like to use a rock/mixed ground rod. This is because after you have cast about 80yds, you are fishing clay, so I like to use a rod with a good bit of power in the blank, but with a nice fishing tip. By this I mean a tip that can show the smallest of bites at range.
Coyle Water in Ayrshire and Swannswater in Stirling both hosted Sonik Demo days recently, with each event well attended and lots of interest in the rods, reels and lines on show. The casting competitions, both accuracy and distance proved very popular with one angler at each event winning both legs. At Coyle, it was Kevin Andrews who stole the show, out casting his competitors for both distance and accuracy, whilst at Swannswater it was young Charles Devine who did the same, both anglers winning Sonik fly lines for their efforts...
A recent trip to Gambia in Africa proved very successful for Sonik rods in the form of some big and hard fighting fish such as Guitar fish, Lady Fish and Batfish (we think) Ray, all of which were easily landed with the power and smooth fish playing actions of the Sonik rods. In particular, the 16’ Sk4 and Sk3 bass proved popular and accounted for some very good catches...
Dean Bass and Terry Edmonds decided to give the new Sonik SK4 14' rods a whirl last weekend (14th Dec 2008), on their favourite casting field. It's fair to say that both of them were most impressed with the rod's performance on the day with Dean's best cast going over 250 yards. 'Casts nice, felt nice, what more could you want from a rod of this value. Top rod!" commented Dean after half a dozen casts...
