Jim Casada is a long-time editor-at-large- and books columnist for Sporting Classics. His writing has appeared in every national outdoor-related magazine, and he has had over 5,000 articles published in newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals. He is author of seventeen books, former president of OWAA, and founding board member of the Professional Outdoor Media Association. He is a recipient of the Federation of Fly Fishers' Arnold Gingrich Memorial Award and numerous other outdoor-related awards. He lives in Rock Hill, South Carolina, where he and his late wife, Ann, developed and tested recipes over the years.