<P> The Maclean brothers , Norman and Paul , grow up in Missoula , Montana with their father , Presbyterian minister John , from whom they learn a love of fly fishing for trout in the Blackfoot River . They learn to cast using a ticking metronome . The boys become accomplished fishermen as a result . Norman and Paul are home taught and must adhere to the strict moral and educational code of their father . As they grow older , it becomes clear that Norman is more disciplined and studious , while Paul is fun - loving , wild , and the more talented fisherman . </P>
<P> The Maclean brothers , Norman and Paul , grow up in Missoula , Montana with their father , Presbyterian minister John , from whom they learn a love of fly fishing for trout in the Blackfoot River . They learn to cast using a ticking metronome . The boys become accomplished fishermen as a result . Norman and Paul are home taught and must adhere to the strict moral and educational code of their father . As they grow older , it becomes clear that Norman is more disciplined and studious , while Paul is fun - loving , wild , and the more talented fisherman . </P>
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who did the fly fishing in a river runs through it
Maclean brothers , Norman and Paul
Maclean brothers , Norman and Paul