"Adam" wrote in message

A terrific book, from probably the most talented writer of fishing
books, ever. However, it happens to be written in the third-person
(omnicient) point of view, not in the first-person.

That being said, wouldn't any story that attempted to be from the
perspective of the fish be fairly contrived? That's probably why you
find it confusing, Joe. It's hard enough to imagine a story narrated
from the perspective of a nonhuman primate, not to mention going a few
rungs down the evolutionary ladder to the fish. Either some serious
anthropomorphism needs to be accomplished (so the fish talks more like
a person), or there has to be a third-person voice.

Just my $0.02 worth,

Adam

Indian Joe amazingly answers--anthropomorphism indeed is expected--my
wife says walt disney just made big money producing a movie where all the
fish talk---Finding Nemo---
my story line will have to be revised to remove scenes of raccoon eating
one small brookie and a large brown who swims upstream to spawn and eats
brother of my main man.
By the way the brook trout was first described by Mitchell in 1815 from fish
caught around New York city.Hence the name Eastern brook trout. {Salvelinus
fontinalis} The term "fontinalis" means 'living in springs."--{ this info
collected from stevenojai's Fly Fishing the Sierras}