Stu-mac can you tell me what the finished length was of the Garbolino 13mtr pole you have got after you adapted it? Because im considering buying a carbon fishing pole for the higher work, i've recently started using a 5mtr Harris as was using a crap fibreglass pole before and find the Harris much better.
the 13m came with a free 1.8m extension which gave me a total useable length of 38 and a bit feet but i bought another extension to give me 44 feet
at this point i am not recommending this pole as i have only been using it a week so it may not be up to the job but so far its great
a tried and tested pole would be either a map f16 or m16 pole 16m that would give you 44 feet