Just gotta pay close attention. My kid has only hooked himself twice this year, but he was doing stupid sh!t. Does your Single Hand 8wt have a fighting butt. I ask, because casting this much weighted line requires some extra juice to move it around. First to get it up out of the water and then to recast. If you have a fighting butt you may be able to incorporate some 2 handed spey techniques to reduce fatigue over the day.