SONIK World Team Carp

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In a competitive market, the challenge of producing world beating carp tackle requires the very best feedback and testing during development. The SONIK Carp Team is a carefully selected group of highly experienced and knowledgeable anglers who use and abuse our gear at venues around the world. Extreme testing to ensure when you buy any item of SONIK tackle that it is fit for purpose and will not let you down.

Nick Helleur, United Kingdom		Jake Langley-Hobbs, United Kingdom
Nick has a huge carp pedigree background and is widely respected and regarded as a tactical innovator within the world of carp fishing. Nick was raised in Harefield in the heart of the Colne valley which is considered to be the “carp capital” of the south of England. Growing up around the angling legends of the time gave Nick a great grounding in the sport and at the age of 12 he turned to fishing solely for carp after several years serving his apprenticeship fishing for other species. Nicks obsession with carp fishing has taken him all over the world and, as a self taught writer, he has written for every major carp fishing title in the last twenty years. Read Nick's Blog		Jake gave up fishing for fifteen years, but has quite literally exploded back onto the scene. Known for his exploits across Europe with his two Dobermans, Jake has amassed a breathtaking array of big carp, caught from some of the most challenging lakes and rivers. Jake’s patience and dedication to catching his quarry, and the way he happily lives on the bank through some truly gruelling conditions, for months at a time, has given him an inspirational reputation as one of the best in his field. You can learn a great deal from this man and he also writes his own blog which follows his every step throughout his incredible journey around Europe. Read Jake’s Blog
Martin Ford , United Kingdom		Patrick Giddings, United Kingdom
Martin brings a wealth of talent to the ‘Sonik Carp Team’ in terms of his journalistic skills and his ability to catch carp from waters all over the world. The last 15 years has seen him carve out a distinguished career in angling journalism, leading Advanced Carp Fishing magazine to record sales as its former editor, and more recently having held the post of editor of Carpworld magazine. His own carp fishing has taken him all over the world where he regularly competes on the international carp fishing scene, and in particular, the fast growing American carp match circuit. He has written several books on all disciplines of angling and continues to write for a host of carp fishing magazines as a freelance journalist.		Associated with Dream Lakes in France and Waveney Valley/Camelot in the UK. Pat's successes include several 30lb+ UK (including Peach and The Italian) and my French PB is 53lb+ with many fish over 40lb. The strength of his carp angling is based on his meticulous attention to rig design and out and out casting ability. In terms of understanding a rods characteristics testing a rod to it's limits, he is definitely a great tester for SONIK rods!
Adrian Priest, United Kingdom		John Wrench, United Kingdom
Adrian's first introduction to carp came at the age 15. Over the next 10 years Adrian started fishing bigger lakes and his pb continued to get bigger. These fish included a large number of 20lb mirrors and commons fishing a local stocked pond. He has been fishing the Northants syndicate for the last 7 years and has caught over 25 30lbs and 1 40lb common.		John Wrench holds an impressive resume and personal best, Armadillo(fully scaled) at 49.8 from a friends water called Mar-Peche (photo above). John is currently fishing a group of waters in the Chichester area using the SONIK sk4 Carp rods with fish to low 50's. So far he has managed fish to 38.12 from this venue. John has also spent lots of sessions on Kevin Maddocks lake. John's talents and experience are a perfect match for SONIK product testing.

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