Try “janos” on this site.

He is from Slovakia and is well used to that style of fishing. He has a few contacts in Italy and Eastern Europe for that kind of kit at the right price.

You might want to have a look at these – bought one at Evesham last year and is half decent for what I want it for

http://www.italiafishing.co.uk/shop/alcedo-pride-bolognese-p-419.html

Ioda will send you a pm – apologies for not replying sooner been fishing!

Shimano are just about to release a new bespoke 20ft bolo rod…..

From what I have heard it’s a new addition to the Super Ultegra range – I’ll try and find out a bit more for you….

Nothing online about it yet. All I know is that it’s part of an 11 strong range of new Super Ultegras which presumably had input from Scotthorne before he moved on. There are 13ft, 14ft and 15/17ft rods plus the bolo rod mentioned that’s 20ft. There are also three feeder rods and three multi feeder rods at 10/11ft, 11/12ft and 12/13ft plus a 6m whip. I think the RRP starting price for this range is £129.99 but I don’t know the RRP of the bolo rod. There’s also a 15/17ft float rod in a new (more expensive) Aspire range of rods. Give em a call and find out when they are out 0330 333 4888.

You could try ordering one directly in Italy at http://www.pianetapesca.it – I would stick to one of the italian brands like tubertini, colmic, trabucco etc.

I have 2 in 6 and 7 meters, and it’s probably the 6m that gets the most use, but 7m is good when fishing 5m+ deep rivers. It’s a very nice method, but it is limited to venues where match rods are too short to fish a fixed rig.

Staying on the Italy theme, kind, Daiwa don’t do them in the UK any more but they do in Italy through their distributor there (Fassa).

http://www.fassa.it/ricerca_catalogo.asp?tipo=tipo_di_pesca&id_tipo_di_pesca=3

Look at the sensas ones matey, they come in two different lengths, 5 and 6 meters and have a silver fish or big fish version, theyre great and only around £150.00