I stopped by Cabelas on Saturday to get braided line like Eyezcrazy suggested and I got some Power Pro 10lb that is the diameter of 2lb. I looked to get a Berkley Lightening rod but at this point of the season, all I saw was the high priced Loomis rods and a bunch of St. Croix rods. They had a few Ugly sticks left too. I have not had a chance to go to Wal Mart to get one of those Shakespeare micro graphic rods like LEfriend suggested.
When I got back home, I found I had two new never used Cabela's rods in the closet one which was an IM6 and one was an IM7 that I had apparently got on sale at some point. Can anyone tell me anything about these rods? Are these older model technology rods too? I did not see any rods on the shelf that said IM6 or IM 7. Thanks for the coming explanation of fishing rods.

Bruce