Smith BAYLINER AKBM BL-C812ML/AKBM

BAYLINER AKBM is Smith's multi-purpose light-game rod line supervised by Kozo Okubo, targeting aji, kisu, bera and mebaru. It covers plugs and worms through to choi-nage-style shore-game bait fishing worked with a lure-like feel, with a delicate tip built to read the soft, inhaling bites of fish like aji and a high-sensitivity build for feeling out the sea bottom in shore-game situations.

All models are 2-piece on a 24t+30t carbon tubular blank. Guides are Fuji K-guides (S-type SiC ring): on the spinning models the two butt-side guides are stainless-frame PKL, the rest titanium-frame K-guides; on the bait finesse models the two butt-side guides are stainless-frame PKW, the rest titanium-frame K-guides. The tip is finished pearl white for bite visibility, with fluorescent-yellow guide wraps for low-light use, and all 2-piece joints use a woven-graphite spigot ferrule. Metal rings are orange-toned, with an orange camouflage EVA grip end in Okubo's signature colour.

This listing is the BL-C812ML/AKBM bait finesse model: 8'1", 126g, rated for 1.5-21g lures and PE0.2-1.5 line, Medium Light power / Moderate Fast action, 420mm grip length, 126cm packed length, 24t+30t graphite blank, 1.5mm tip diameter. It handles light jighead rigs through to hard lures and choi-nage bait fishing, with baitcasting-specific advantages -- pinpoint casts, one-touch clutch readiness and thumb-controlled fall speed -- suited to small rocky areas, high seawalls and tetrapods, and boat drop-fishing.