Cultural Influence
W. P. Kinsella cited the book as a major influence on his 1985 book, The Alligator Report. There is a folk rock band called Trout Fishing in America.
Apollo 17 astronaut Jack Schmitt named a crater explored in the Taurus-Littrow Valley on the moon "Shorty", after the character in the book.
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".
Musician Josh Tillman, under the pseudonym Father John Misty, mentions Trout Fishing in America in his song "Tee Pees 1-12" which is found on the album Fear Fun which was released on April 30, 2012. Josh Tillman is a former member of the Seattle-based band the Fleet Foxes.
Musician Shawn Mullins wrote a song called Twin Rocks, Oregon on the Live At the Variety Playhouse album, that compares a man he meets on the Oregon Coast to Richard Brautigan and mentions the song Trout Fishing in America towards the end of the song.
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