b'FAR NORTH MISSION rocks.As the sun came up and It was late May and afteron the first cast of the rod, it working at the Hutchwilcowas hit hard by a fish which Boat Show and trying to getturned out to be another back on the water in betweengood snapper.Over the next the continuous poor weather,several casts, the softbait was I managed to take the newhit every time as we drifted Oceanpro centre console on afrom 10m into 2m while Far North road trip.Arrivingcasting all around us from the at Rangiputa on a Wednesday,centre console.we checked into Reef LodgeCasting and hooking fish Motel and quickly geared upconstantly, with nice short to beach launch out in frontfights on good pan sized fish, for a late arvo recon fish,the rod easily accounted for before we put in a full daythe 40-50cm snapper and on Thursday. also a tasty John dory which Only several hundred metresgrabbed the orange Zman.in front of the lodge and weThe lightweight rod is easy to could see dozens of birdscast, and it sets the hook of working up the harbour, wethe jig head quickly and when headed straight to them, andplaying a fish, it has plenty of I rigged up a Zman Atomicstrength for a light rod. The writer liked the Sunrise 5 softbait to castOverall, the Kazumi Softbaitlightweight blank of the 7ft near the schooling fish andPro spin rod impressed me, justrod which enables effortless diving birds.First cast andas the larger Kazumi surfcasterscasts with one hand.upon hitting the bottom I washave also become a favourite hooked up to a good fish.Itrod to fish with.I think Tica felt like a snapper with nicehave produced another top head nods and pulled line inKazumi rod and at only $299, the fast-moving current, theit is a good buy for any keen rod had plenty of power andsoftbait angler looking for a felt well balanced with thenew light rod.FIGZ2500 sized reel.Soon a nice 40cm+ snapper was on the U-DEK covered floor of the boat, thenKey Specsdispatched, and put on ice for our dinner.Several moreTICA KAZUMI casts produced anotherSOFTBAIT PROfew pan-sized snapper and+Length: 7ft 2-piecestroppy kahawai which were+Blank: High Modulus released, with a 50cm trevallyCarbon Fibreputting on a good fight that+Line Weight: 3-6kgwas kept for fresh sashimi+RRP: $299.99that night.The rod had passed its first outing well and it was certainly fun to fish with, it gave me confidence to use it the next day, which we planned to be a long day of fishing.SHALLOWS We launched on daybreak and headed out to the mouthFirst cast using the Kazumi Softbait of the harbour to work thePro and a fat 40cm+ snapper hits shallows around foul andthe deck of the Godzone boat. /FISHINGINGODZONE71'