go to FEATURES, click on From Canada, go to archives, click on Pike on Fly.

8 wt should be fine. It is the tippet to be careful about. I believe there is a wire-coated monofilament available out there in tippet world. Pike are not line shy so a forty lb. tippet should work. I am sure that you are aware that pike have THE TEETH of the freshwater fish world. To catch a pike on the surface is to have your heart jump out of your chest.