Back to the fishin' hole.

• The author begins the story by recollecting the first summer he had spent on the lake in Maine. This provided a strong basis for the rest of the anecdote. We know he felt fondly of the vacation place and would explain why he so easily, this would explain why it was so easy to slip back into old memories. 
• The author speaks of specific, relating times within his life. Beginning with a family trip with his father, then a fishing trip with his son. 
• yes, the author includes solid details so as a reader, I can picture the environment very well and imagine how the place felt and smelled. 
• We don't really learn any specific speech or dialogues, but we do understand the bond between the characters. 
• The author reminisces the events from his childhood summers and compares them with the changes that have taken place to make the area into what it is now. Somethings have become more modern, but other places are just as overgrown and hidden as before.
• How the author feels towards the place is obvious he had fond memories there as a child. By  taking his son there, he is able to experience the trip from a different point of few, but falls back into his old memories and the separation between his son and himself blurs. He writes of how he starts to see through his sons eyes, flashing back to his own childhood. These descriptions allow us to understand the differences he now feels. 
• The conclusion was yet another instance that the father, living somewhat vicariously through his son, felt as if he were the young boy. He felt the chill of the wet clothing the boy was wearing, through memory.