Oct. 6, 2003: p.1-15

"Fishing is an art performed on a four count rhythm between ten and two o'clock."

"Even if they feel like fighting, you are one big punch ahead when the fight starts."

I like to to go out and learn stuff by doing it, not by having lessons to take away the fun and taking up time.

Oct. 7, 2003: p.15-30

"He's behind in the big stud poker game at Hot Springs. It's not healthy to be behind in the big game at Hot Springs."

"I'll see his fish later, he's my brother."

I have a connection in this reading because I'm younger than my sister and so if I am better at something than her then I have to watch out what I say so she doesn't get upset.

Oct. 8, 2003: p.30-45

"Brother, there are no flying fish in Montana.  Out here, you can't fish with your flies in the air." -Paul

"Nobody has put in a good day's fishing unless he leaves a couple of flies hanging in the bushes." -Paul

I connect with this reading because I am like Norman.  I like to save things and not waste them but my sister doesn't really think or care about saving things. 

Oct. 9, 2003: p.45-60

"When I tried to help somebody, I ended up offering him money or taking him fishing." -Norman

"I know Neil doesn't like to fish, he just likes to tell women he likes to fish.  It does something for him and the women.  And for the fish, too.  It makes them all feel better."  -Norman

Oct. 13, 2003: p.60-75

"But years ago I had known the river when it flowed through this now dry channel, so I could enliven its stony remains with the waters of memory." -Paul

"I became the river by knowing how it was made.  The Big Blackfoot is a new glacial river that runs and drops fast." -Paul

Oct. 14, 2003: p. 75-90

"Help is giving part of yourself to somebody who comes to accept it willingly and needs it badly." -Father

"My brother was taking tender care of me, and not catching any fish." -Paul

Oct. 15, 2003: p. 90-104

"It seems somehow natural to start thinking about character when you get ahead of somebody, especially about the character of the one who is behind." -Paul

"But the river ahead came out into the sunny world like a chatterbox, doing its best to be friendly.  It bowed to one shore and then to the other so nothing would feel neglected." -Paul

"At the end of this day, then, I remember him both as a distant abstraction in artistry and as a closeup in water and laughter." -Paul