Those poles are awesome, very versatile. I've used them to troll with and for one poling. Very light, and good feel. 10 ft. BnM Roger Gant's.
In fact the following picture is me using that same rod dipping trees the hard way, climbing up in them!
And no, I'm not peeing, I'm leaning on another branch so I don't fall in!

This pic is from this last Spring when Yankee Doodler and I stopped in Southern Illinois on our way down to AR and MS crappie camps. I caught a lot of fish off that tree.