At the end of the day, nothing has changed for the better casters, you can still use international rules. But for the rest of us who like to throw a 5 ounce, and use what ever lines on the spool, its a more relaxed approach, not such a serious one.

The NZACA needs to build new members, as well as cater for those it has. These rules allow both the serious to stay serious, and the laxed back buggers to do just that. Lets keep it real, the safety bandwagon is getting old. It is only the top casters who get bust off's while pushing there gear to the limit, the rest hardley break 150meters. Its usually not the leaders that break, its the mainline on guide wraps............. No rule will help that, unless we change to 50lb wire...... An keep things really safe, whilst wearing googols and crash helmets, not to mention elbow pads and face paint...... Just keeping it real boys.