Recently I reintroduced myself to the fine art. I bought a nice 8 weight 10 ft. I live in the Great lakes region of Ontario Can. and we get some pretty big trout and pike. I figured I'd load it with a weight forward 8 floating line. For pike I use a 20lb. fluorocarbon leader 7.5 ft. I can't seem to cast more than 20-30 ft. My last rod was a 9 weight and I could cast an easy 50FT. I don't think my pike flies are too heavy because I use bunny leaches and streamers also. Any ideas. Thanks