This fishing experience was the STRANGEST thing I have ever encountered. I have an 8wt that might work and will pick up some **eeek!!** larger streamers. At present, my daughter is laughing at me saying I'm probably going to take my head off casting one that large.

However, what you mentioned about retrieving fast...that would make a LOT of sense. Both my son and myself are slow retrievers. But as I watched her, she was retrieving probably 2-3 times faster than we were. She figures she probably made it angry...lol.

Thanks for the help...and if anyone else has any suggestions, I would sure be happy to listen. I'll remember to take some gloves and my ketchum tool to get my fly, just in case.