Mr. Brautigan submitted a book to us in 1962 called TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA. I gather from the reports that it was not about trout fishing
— a representative of Viking Press, who rejected Brautigan's manuscript
It's also worth noting that, according to the Brautigan Wikipedia page:
In March 1994, a teenager named Peter Eastman Jr. from Carpinteria, California legally changed his name to "Trout Fishing in America," and now teaches English in Japan. At around the same time, National Public Radio reported on a young couple who had named their baby "Trout Fishing in America."
That's two more items for our list of all the different things "Trout Fishing in America" means.
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This really blows my mind that anyone would name their child "Trout Fishing in America". It just goes to show that there are those out there that would put their children through hell in grade school, just to make a statement about the traditional conventions of western names. However, I there is definitely food for thought in such an act that asks the question of why we all follow suit when creating names.
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