Conversation with John Maclean: "A Name Runs Through It"

September 24, 2010 By: Marshall Cutchin

“That scene, beautiful and poignant, kept resurfacing in my mind last week. Each time it did, I glanced at my fishing partner, John Maclean — surviving son of legendary author Norman Maclean, grandson of a storied Presbyterian reverend, a fly fishing progeny now an older gentleman himself at 67 — and wondered if he was thinking of that scene, too.” Steve Wagner revisits the making of “A River Runs Through It” and the changes it brought to fly fishing — including 60% annual growth — on ESPN.com.