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Casting Forward

Fishing Tales from the Texas Hill Country

Steve Ramirez author Bob White illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield

Published:1st Nov '20

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In Casting Forward, naturalist, educator, and writer Steve Ramirez takes the reader on a year-long journey fly-fishing all of the major rivers of the Texas Hill Country.

This is a story of the resilience of nature and the best of human nature. It is the story of a living, breathing place where the footprints of dinosaurs, conquistadors, and Comanches have mingled just beneath the clear spring-fed waters. This book is an impassioned plea for the survival of this landscape and its biodiversity, and for a new ethic in how we treat fish, nature, and each other.

“Casting Forward belongs alongside Holy Ghost Creek and A Fly-Fishers Blue Ridge as books that perfectly capture the essence of place, and our part in it. You would not be mistaken to say that this book is about the Texas Hill Country. Steve is, after all, a master naturalist and a master storyteller. But Casting Forward is about so much more than the outdoors and nature. It is a story of one man’s journey through rivers and mountains to live a life well lived and loved.”

-- Chris Wood * President/C

  • Winner of The Outdoor Writers Association of America's Excellence in Craft Award 2022
  • Winner of The Outdoor Writers Association of America's Excellence in Craft Award 2022
  • Winner of The Outdoor Writers Association of America's Excellence in Craft Award 2022

ISBN: 9781493051458

Dimensions: 238mm x 162mm x 24mm

Weight: 513g

240 pages