Book One, The Compleat Angler: The Ideal Schedule and Voiding My Rheum Summary

Gus quickly becomes obsessed even more with fishing. He creates his ideal schedule, which dictates each hour of his day to allow the most time for fishing. He plans to sleep only six hours a day and plans for only thirty minutes a day for eating (in between fishing casts). He manages his schedule in such a way that he can enjoy 14.5 hours of fishing each day. In order to achieve this schedule, he sets particular goals, including to not go to college, to move to a small home by himself next to a year-round lake, and to experiment with nicotine and caffeine.

Although very nervous, Gus practices his speech to tell his family that he is moving out to live...