:05:00
that man, by nature,
was a damn mess...
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and that only by picking up
God's rhythms...
:05:05
were we able to regain
power and beauty.
:05:10
To him, all good things, trout as well
as eternal salvation, come by grace.
:05:15
And grace comes by art,
and art does not come easy.
:05:19
Norman.
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So my brother and I learned to cast
Presbyterian style:
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on a metronome.
:05:35
He began each session
with the same instruction:
:05:38
Casting is an art that is performed
on a four-count rhythm...
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between 10:00 and 2:00.
:05:48
If he had had his way, nobody
who did not know how to catch a fish...
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would be allowed to disgrace a fish
by catching it.
:06:02
So it was with my formal education
as well.
:06:06
Each weekday, while my father worked
on his Sunday sermon...
:06:10
I attended the school
of the Reverend Maclean.
:06:15
He taught nothing but reading
and writing. And being a Scot...
:06:19
believed that the art of writing
lay in thrift.
:06:33
Half as long.
:06:41
So while my friends spent their days
at Missoula Elementary...
:06:44
I stayed home and learned to write
the American language.
:06:59
Again, halt as long.