The Anthropology of Fish

Concerning people's ideas about fish, you always find there's a catch to it. And people's ideas about people, they seem to get from the same place as their ideas about fish. Boyhood, the adventure of discovering all about big fish, small ponds, and the one that got away. And the big discovery, that people are really no different to fish.

The small fry must keep a lookout for the big ones, and then there are the clever fish, and the lucky ones too. Some of us come along with a great talent for things, and sometimes even a great talent with people. Not long after the coming of such a talented individual, there will follow the jealousy of others, and when junior talent stands head-to-head with senior jealousy, the quiet little backwater pond gets turned into a murky depth where the hooks are baited and the lines laid with ruthless cunning and final intent. And yet, the biggest fish will always be the one about whom the story gets told ...