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Sonik change their line up alot as well tbf i had 9 sonik sk4 upto a few uears ago couldnt complain about them at all also have a set of greys stalkers as they were cheap good rods for the money but corks seem floppy but they are 3 or 4 years old now

personally i'd go sonik over greys, just because Greys tend to change their range often, so you might find yourself without spares if you need them, whereas the dominator X is new to sonik so spares aplenty for the next few years. My sonik Sk3 rods have been battered and abused and still have life left, although I will upgrade to Gravity X at some point. From what I gather Greys customer service is not great, whereas when i've dealt with Sonik for a new tip section it was with me the next day and only heard good thing. Best idea is to get your hands on both of them at a tackle shop and see which suits.

XXX is the one to go with, although Live System catches its share, steer clear of the other two. Nowhere near as good. Most of the guys I know that work for them, as soon as the Pacific Tuna hype train was over, went straight back to XXX... says it all.

I have played with it last year and had similar. A 30lber gave me 3 bleeps on my delks (at 4+ setting) and that was all. Next I knew I had hooked a fish was when my other two rods ripped off as it ploughed through my lines. Long, stressful fight later I managed to land it in the pitch black and freezing conditions. Few other odd occurrences. Can't beat the running rig IMO unless you need to use the heli for deep silt or weed.

Not sure I'd pay the rrp for Sonik rods, before thoroughly checking them out in the flesh..... I bought some S6's reduced, which were previously their top end rod, before the Dominator X.... when they hit the shelves they were £200 a pop, not worth that imo, hell of a lot of glossy laquer over all the whippings, too much, looks as though they have tried to hide some dodgy whipping...... They do the job, but imo no better than a £70-£80 rod.... what I've noticed is that mid range rods are usually a price hike on budget rods and as such are eventually sold at a budget price when a newer model comes out........ Can't remember hearing anything bad about Greys rods (others may have)...... Given the choice, if I was buying , I would choose the G4's if I could get them at a decent price, or even G3's which are dirt cheap, this is based on the Sonik rods I have. But ideally I'd be saving for some decent rods, Century, Harrison, Free Spirit etc. Because in my mind, a mid range rod, is a budget rod with a higher price..... Just my op.... Good luck

I'm think it is going to have to be the TF Gear Hardcore brolly system. Has a rear vent and plenty of inside room.

you will miss out on some classic captures chap, aside from your waters bite time stalking basking fish and freelining bread flake or mixer can and has paid dividends for most anglers in the past.

0.05 mm thicker, 5 hundredths of a mm. Which I don't think would make ant real difference (unless, like Dave mentioned you are casting to the horizon) Most of these sort of rules are to prevent anyone going in silly with 8lb or 10lb bs imo...... If they are sensible, then your original line would be ok in the 16lb........ My last club had a similar rule, impossible to police, especially when you take floater and zig fishing into account... I'd just stick with your old line, 16lb is plenty strong enough......