[SNAPFisher]

Originally Posted by fishpro

I hate to say it, but spey casting is not going to be your best bet for fly fishing for pike. Fly fishing for pike usually utilizes large streamers that are too large for spey casting to be effective, not to mention spey casting is best when you aren't retrieving your fly fully back to you on each cast. The only time it would be good is if you're fishing rivers for pike and walleye where you will be using smaller flies.

My advice would be to buy a single hand 8 or 9 weight fly rod, get an aggressive tapered weight forward fly line designed for large flies, and a reel large enough to hold the line and balance the rod.

Also, whatever style of rod and casting you end up using, getting some lessons will do you a lot of good to shorten the learning curve.

Yep, good advice.