They are designed to float very high and special attention has been paid to shootability. Each line has an Aquatol Loop for quick changing tips. Frank Casson a very experienced salmon fisherman who fished with me last year on the Deschutes River in Oregon purchased one of the Launcher lines and is very impressed with it. Another line I look forward to field testing is the Jim Teeny series of lines. Having purchased your rod reel and line you will need some leader material which is attached to the end of the fly line.
Leaders are extremely important in pike fishing just as they are in trout and salmon fishing.
It doesn't matter how you cast the fly it want drop like thistle down onto the water surface the flies are to big and bulky for this. Often a splashy fly will encourage the pike to strike. Depending on the conditions you will need six to eight feet of 12 lb to 20 lb of mono line and some twelve inches of 20 lb wire. One end of the mono is nail knotted to the end of the fly line, To the other end of the mono I tie in a small ring, The silver rings made by Ryobi Masterline are perfect for the job, as I write this I have not been let down by these rings .Also attached to the ring is one end of the wire trace. I use the Haywire Twist.