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opinionista:
--- Quote from: jpwagoneer1964 on January 31, 2007, 11:45:09 am ---who says they didn't fish? We see Ennis exiting his truck with all of his gear, and I'm sure fish would have supplemented their meals on the campouts.
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Alma did. From the short story:
"You know," she said, and from her tone he knew something was coming, "I used to wonder how come you never brought any trouts home. Always said you caught plenty. So one time I got your creel case open the night before you went on one a your little trips -price tag still on it after five years- and I tied a note on the end of the line. It said, hello Ennis, bring home some fish, love, Alma. And then you came back and said you'd caught a bunch a browns and ate them up. Remember? I looked in the case when I got a chance and there was my note still tied there and that line hadn't touch water in its life."
The above passage is also in the movie, when Alma confronts Ennis on Thanksgiving.
jpwagoneer1964:
--- Quote from: opinionista on January 31, 2007, 12:10:26 pm ---Alma did. From the short story:
"You know," she said, and from her tone he knew something was coming, "I used to wonder how come you never brought any trouts home. Always said you caught plenty. So one time I got your creel case open the night before you went on one a your little trips -price tag still on it after five years- and I tied a note on the end of the line. It said, hello Ennis, bring home some fish, love, Alma. And then you came back and said you'd caught a bunch a browns and ate them up. Remember? I looked in the case when I got a chance and there was my note still tied there and that line hadn't touch water in its life."
The above passage is also in the movie, when Alma confronts Ennis on Thanksgiving.
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there was no need for the case if the fish were immediately prepaired for a meal and how can you tell if a line was ever in the water?
opinionista:
--- Quote from: jpwagoneer1964 on January 31, 2007, 12:31:57 pm ---there was no need for the case if the fish were immediately prepaired for a meal and how can you tell if a line was ever in the water?
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I can't answer that question Mark. Sorry. I can only tell you what Proulx wrote. It seems like they never actually fished. Not while herding the sheep nor afterwards.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: jpwagoneer1964 on January 31, 2007, 12:31:57 pm ---there was no need for the case if the fish were immediately prepaired for a meal and how can you tell if a line was ever in the water?
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I don't know about the line, but Alma would have been able to tell if the paper on which she'd written her note had been underwater.
jpwagoneer1964:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on January 31, 2007, 01:23:19 pm ---I don't know about the line, but Alma would have been able to tell if the paper on which she'd written her note had been underwater.
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But there wouldn't be any reason for the case to be underwater if the fish went from the hook to the frying pan. I still say they fished on many of trips if nothing else for same meals and the fish were right there in the stream, Ennis and jack just didn't go to fish.
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