About this item
In writing this book, author, naturalist, and educator Steve Ramirez traveled thousands of miles by plane, motor vehicle, boat, and foot. Each chapter includes his fishing with a notable person in the worlds of fishing and conservation. His fishing partners in this book include Bob White, Chris Wood, Kirk Deeter (and many other leaders within Trout Unlimited) , Ted Williams of The Native Fish Coalition, Matthew Miller, and John Karges of The Nature Conservancy, and many more. In the course of this journey, Ramirez explores and fishes mountain streams, alpine lakes, National Wild and Scenic Rivers, desert canyons, brackish water estuaries, and the rolling ocean off the coast of Cape Cod. About half of this book was written while traveling through the COVID-19 pandemic and it touches on the lessons that COVID can teach us about nature and human nature.
About the Author
Steve is an outdoor and conservation author who lives and writes in the Texas Hill Country. His work has appeared in various journals including Trout magazine, The Flyfish Journal, Fly Fisherman Magazine, American Angler, Tail Fly Fishing magazine, Texas Sporting Journal, Explore Magazine, Under Wild Skies, Hallowed Waters, and many more. His short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction has been published in Cutthroat: Journal of the Arts, The Houston Literary review, and Pecan Grove Review. He is a certified Texas Master Naturalist, a hiker and world adventure traveler. Steve was recently chosen by the American Museum of Fly Fishing as Ambassador to Texas. Steve's first published book, Casting Forward - Fishing Tales from the Texas Hill Country, (Lyons Press) has received critical acclaim and is in its second printing. Ted Williams concludes his introduction to this book with, "A century hence, Casting Forward - Fishing Tales from the Texas Hill Country will be referenced in the best of North American outdoor literature. "Its sequel, Casting Onward: Fishing Adventures in Search of America's Native Gamefish, (Lyons Press) will be released on April 1st, 2022 and is now available for pre-order. Steve is currently in the process of writing the third book in the series, Casting Seaward, which focuses on perusing gamefish of brackish and salt-waters.
