Fishing with My Father: Esquire Magazine

The allure of brook trout is just part of the story _Steve Dally image

Along with a love of theater, the author inherited an obsession with fishing from his father, a legendary comedian. But where was the one fish he had always dreamed of catching? And how would past and present meet on a desolate lake in the deep north woods? Esquire Magazine

This is a long read from theater critic John Lahr but worth the investment. His father, Bert Lahr, played the Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of Oz.