Book Three, Characters in Nature: Eddy and Jesus Keeps Fishing Summary

The girl stares at Gus from across the river, but sits down cross-legged to hear him speak, which calms him. All he can think to say to her, however, are quotes from The Compleat Angler. She tells him her name is Eddy and he tries to tell her his, but it comes out as "Gust". He finally tells her that she has a bite and off she flies, far away from him.

Gus is highly distraught. He jumps in his car, thinking she might have driven away. He overtakes a car only to find it is not her. He returns to the alder where he found her and sees no trace of her other than her rod with the steelhead that she had caught still...