Poles unsuitable for CARP Jason?......i'm no expert, and have no intention of fishing with a pole, but there are certainly poles available that will land fair sized carp, they are super tough and elasticated with bungee chords!...lol...
Composite materials used for pole making in autoclaves are have an extreemly high level of strenght.
Budgie, Iv'e been fishing several times when i thought to myself "shit, if i had a really long pole i could drop bait on top of em!...." is that what you mean, purely as a baiting device?...