In a ceremony last night in Midtown Manhattan, the author, Thomas McGuane, was presented with the Heritage Award by the American Museum of Fly Fishing, that organization’s highest honor. It’s a fitting award, given what McGuane has passed down to the sport of fly fishing. “Garden variety public trout fishing,” McGuane answered, to cheers from the gathered crowd. “I hope that the American Museum of Fly Fishing doesn’t become the American Mausoleum of Fly Fishing,” he said. Which brings to mind another famous McGuane line, one that has a suddenly renewed resonance.

Source: Forbes April 06, 2017 15:45 UTC