 A coming-of-age story narrated by Gus Orviston, a high school graduate and the oldest son in a fishing-crazed family.Frustrated with life in Portland, Oregon, and the constant bickering of his bait fishing mother (Ma) and tweed-wearing, fly-fishing father (H2O) over the proper way to fish, Gus moves to a small cabin in the foothills of the Oregon Coast Range.Once there he begins to follow an "ideal schedule" that has him doing nothing but eating, sleeping, and fishing.