Draw Live in Symmetry with Reflect Effect

There was a thread on the MAC forum July of last year (http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b5e982)about drawing in symmetry using the reflect effect set to a copy of -1- in the dialog box.
I am unable to draw with this LIVE. I can only apply the effect after drawing.
What am I doing wrong?

This is a sorta typical example:
Maybe it's a little harder than average but to -me-, AI should have some sort of 'edge detection' to convert this to about two dozen straight 'lines'.
But what it -does- is either turn it into a mass of paisley swirls -or- if I use the 'photo' setting, the trace looks mostly like the original, BUT it's created almost 1 path for every frickin' pixel.
What I end up doing---if I really need it---is to trace over it with the mouse, but I confess I'm a LOUSY 'pen drawer' so it often goes awry. Most often? I make a print-out, trace it on paper with a sharpie, then re-scan it into AI. And THEN it will 'Live Trace' OK... seems like a total Rube Goldberg but AI seems to -need- that sharpie.
So... in lieu of going to pen boot camp, I was -hoping- that this was just operator error.
Anyone?
---JC

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