b'The rod butt features an ergonomic palm swell to ensure your hand placement is the same for every cast, so you can aim your casts with confidence.The cast weight is rated for 100-250gm, and this rod is fitted with light weight low rider guides which help make the rod very light in the hand, weighing only 540gm.The Kazumi Pro is finished in a good-looking silver/black colouration and has the same 4.5m 3-piece slim line blank which also features a hybrid tip.This rod can also cast 100-250gm and is still a light surfcaster with a finished weight of only 580gm.WEST COAST MISSIONIt was early September when I planned a surfcasting mission to Pouto on the North Kaipara around the full moon.The big tides would enable us to cast off the exposed sandbanks at lowA 61cm snapper was the first tide and put the new rods tofish landed when using the new 4.5m Kazumi Pro.the test, hopefully on large snapper that move in closer in spring.The plan was to collectHe suddenly calledWriter Matt Hewetson fights school mate Brian Snooksout, youre on tooa good fish on the Tica Kazumi from Dargaville and headGold Medal surfcaster.down on Friday at middayMatt!, as I turned to to fish the low tide at 3pm. see my rod doubling Brian was also keen to see how the new surfcastersover in the beach went against his currentspike.I rushed over Kazumi Galactic which he was quite fond of havingand set the hook as landed numerous big snappera heavy fish took line and even a 17kg kingfish on.We packed up the Tritonfrom the reel.at Baylys Beach and another ex-school mate Shawn Houseflat with little swell and no arrived with my cousin Mitchwind, the outgoing tide was Pattinson to follow us down. really sucking out so we They were keen to see if thecould get long casts off the big fish were also in yet andsandbank into the channel.we drove down GodzonesBrian and I set up both longest beach to a spot justthe new Kazumis with under the old lighthouse toTica Flash 10000 reels that find we were the only anglerswere spooled with Sunline there.The conditions were30lb braid. /FISHINGINGODZONE79'