Byline: Alan Solomon
DOGWOOD CANYON, Mo. _ We begin this lesson with a cliche, a quote from "A River Runs Through It" _ the gorgeous Norman Maclean fly-fishing book, not the movie starring the gorgeous Brad Pitt : "So my brother and I learned to cast Presbyterian-style, on a metronome."
Tick.
And continue with a quote from Rob Dickerson, a certified fly-fishing instructor as well as a salesman at the Bass Pro Mother Shop in Springfield, Mo. This quote is about Brad Pitt in the movie.
"What you see in `A River Runs Through It' is kind of like being a rodeo clown. He has to be very good to do it that badly."
Tock.
And move on to a revelation from ...