Throughout the short story Sheila Mant, the boy must decide between the bass and Sheila. First off the boy has a great passion for fishing. He shows this in many ways. He is committed to fishing because he says in his free time he practices different casts. In the text it states, “I was back in our driveway practicing casts, and when I wasn’t practicing casts, I was tying the line… when I was not doing any of those things, I was fishing the river for bass” (Wetherell 2). Another way to prove his passion was he knew the river well and he tried to keep the fish in the middle of the river because he knew the rocks are closer to the sides of the river. He also knew certain locations on the river. Not to mention that this was the biggest bass
