I started flyfishing without having seen "A River Runs Through It", but I've noticed that this movie is referred to with disdain regularly on this and other sites, and blamed for a plethora of ills that afflict the sport. Now, I've read the book (first) and watched the film, and hang me if I'm wrong, but it's not actually about fishing at all, but about people who happen to hold flyfishing in high regard, not people flyfishing.

So okay, I liked both the book and the movie. Forgive me Father, for I have sinned. I think this movie has received a bad rap. It just happened to release at the same time that a large number of people found themselves as the beneficiary of good economic times, when people were able to spend a few bucks on a hobby. It ain't the product of the Anti-Christ. Perhaps (typed with a smile and in jest) I should be banned.