Tag: A River Runs Through It
Norman Maclean and A River Runs Through It
“I am haunted by waters.” Those evocative words close both the movie and novella of the same name – A River Runs Through It. The majority likely heard those words in Robert Redford’s 1992 drama, which featured a career-making performance by…
A River Runs Through It – 30th Year Anniversary
If any movie could be said to have launched the modern era of fly fishing, it is A River Runs Through It from 1992. And yet, as I wrote about five years ago (see here), it is a movie about…
False Casting Isn’t Fishing
Many fly fishers spend too much time with the fly in the air and not in the water. They spend their time false casting; on either forward or back casts, they wait until the line is almost completely unrolled and…
A River Runs Through It – 25 Years Later
It’s been 25 years since A River Runs Through It was released. Based on Norman Maclean’s novella of the same name, the movie resulted in, by many accounts, a major growth in Montana immigration and tourism as well as interest…
