I'll say this, when I first started no one back then would tell or teach you anything about spider rigging around here. Now that was a lot of years ago. I started with 4 10 ft poles like yours. I caught a lot of fish with them so don't let anyone discourage you. You have to do what you have to do. The only thing is make sure you got a good net cause you ain't horsing big fish in with them. Yes all these fancier longer poles help and I got a shop full to chose from. But starting out use what you can afford and learn how. If you figure out those poles then any step up would be a big plus. Main thing is getting out there.