the story by norman maclean be a masterwork while redford film be a mediocrity . he add banal scene of the maclean brother go over a fall and of them double date in a seedy bar that be not even hint at in the story . the cipher and brad pitt and try to play the charismatic paul maclean and a genius outdoors and prove either risible or depressing and depend on what the original story mean to you . some of the fly casting scene be beautiful . also and tom skerritt a the father and craig sheffer a norman be strong and masculine and a men be once expect to be . none of the woman make an impression in the film and which be regrettable and because maclean love the woman in his story and make this clear and even poetic .