I'd suggest a 9ft 8wt or 9wt flyrod with a 3-5ips sinking line. A floating line can work too with weighted flies. I run floating lines in the early spring when I fish in shallow water (<5ft) and then switch to a sinking line for the rest of the year. Orvis Clearwater Combo is a good quality not not too pricey starter setup. I got my girlfriend the 9ft 8wt combo when she started flyfishing with big streamers for pike and bull trout. If you want a rod for pike and swinging streamers for trout then the 8wt is the answer. If you are looking just to target big pike then I'd go with the 9wt as the extra backbone will be nice to handle those 40"+ fish and for casting giant weighted flies.
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