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CARP ROD ADVICE

Advice in choosing your SONIK Carp rod

When choosing any carp rods you need to think about what type of carp fishing you are going to be doing. Will you be margin fishing, stalking, distance casting, float fishing, casting heavy leads or method feeders or maybe just casting a spod or marker float? The reason for this is that carp rods, like all fishing rods, come in a huge array of lengths, strengths, actions and test curves and are made from different materials.

The strength of a carp rod is known as its test curve. This is the amount of weight which when applied to the rod tip, will bend the rod at ninety degrees. Therefore if a 2 ½ lb weight were to be attached to the tip ring of a rod, and the rod lifted, if it bent at ninety degrees exactly, the rod would be said to have a 2 ½ lb test curve. The test curve determines how easily the carp rod bends under pressure from a fish and so the bigger the fish you catch and the harder it pulls, the sooner the rod will reach that ninety degree curve. This does not mean however that the rod stops bending there. As more pressure is applied, the bend in the rod will transfer further towards the thicker or butt end of the rod, therefore handling more pressure. Depending on where this transfer begins in the rod's length determines the rods action.

At SONIK we like to make life simple. Our current range of sk3 carp rods and sk4 carp rods is optimised to the most popular length and casting weights to cover the vast majority of carp fishing requirements, both in the UK and abroad. It is widely regarded that 12’ (3.65m) is the most useful length for the majority of carp fishing requirements and the test curves of 2.5 through to 3.5lbs covers fishing at range or in the margins with weights from 2-5oz.

The SONIK range is as follows:-

SONIK sk3 Carp Rods

Length (ft/m)	Test Curve	Optimum Casting weight (oz/g)
12’ (3.65m)	2.5lbs	2-3oz (60-80g)
12’ (3.65m)	2.75lbs	2-4oz (60-110g)
12’ (3.65m)	3.0lbs	3-4oz (80-110g)
12’ (3.65m)	3.5lbs	3-4.5oz (80-130g)

SONIK sk4 Carp Rods

Length (ft/m)	Test Curve	Optimum Casting weight (oz/g)
12’ (3.65m)	2.75lbs	2-4oz (60-110g)
12’ (3.65m)	3.0lbs	3-4oz (80-110g)
12’ (3.65m)	3.25lbs	3-4oz (80-110g)
12’ (3.65m)	3.5lbs	3-4.5oz (80-130g)

For casting distances over 100m (110yds), a test curve of 3lb to 3.5 lbs should suffice. For distances under 100m (110yds), a casting weight of 2,5 to 3 lbs is perfectly adequate.

View SONIK sk3 carp rods or SONIK sk4 carp rods.