A 17-years old dicided to do something different for his upcoming graduation from Carpinteria High School in California. So he went to the court to legally change his name from Peter Eastman,Jr to Trout fishing in America. Trout said that he wanted to change his name to break away from tradition. "I 'm just saying I'm not this little kid any more. I want to be my person ".The name was inspired by Richard Brautigan' s 1967 counter-culture classic,"Trout fishing in America"."I really like the book ", Trout said. "He looks at the world in a way I like".