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The first set of digital scales I ever tested were made by Fox and, while they were entirely new and took some getting used to, I kind of liked them. It didn’t take long, however, for me to return to a traditional dial scale and I’ve not paid digital scales much attention ever since. However, these new digis from Fox arrived with a request to review them, so I took a closer look. They’re extremely easy to set up and, even better, are quick and easy to zero once the weigh sling has been hung on them.

To match the impressive Gravity X range of rods, Sonik has introduced one of each of the utility rods and they both appear, at first inspection, to be well up to the task. I’ve not had the chance to really put them through their paces, but a few casts on a local lake have provided me with at least a first impression and, I must say, they feel spot-on. Both boast a clean crisp action, with the spod rod obviously being the beefier. In fact, it’s so beefy that I had to load a spod right up to feel like I was properly compressing it, but bear in mind that I do not consider myself a huge caster.

I first had a play around with this early last year and immediately saw where the name comes from – it begins to release tiny items of attractive bait up into the water column literally as soon as it touches down on the lake bed. As with all Sticky’s stuff, it’s made only with quality ingredients – no corner cutting or bulking out with cheap agents here. In fact, Sticky makes a good point on the website in that because there are no bulking agents, you can, if money is a bit tight, safely bulk it out yourself with crumb or similar to make it go further. Ideal for use in stick mixes, it can also be added to spod mixes and PVA bags – only your imagination will restrict its uses in actual fact.