Steve Ramirez is an award-winning outdoor and conservation author who lives and writes in the Texas Hill Country. Steve's first book, Casting Forward: Fishing Tales from the Texas Hill Country, was featured in the film Mending the Line starring Brian Cox and Sinqua Walls. His other books Casting Onward: Fishing Adventures in Search of America's Native Gamefish, Casting Seaward: Fishing Adventures in Search of America's Saltwater Gamefish, and Casting Homeward: An Angler and Naturalist's Journey to America's Legendary Rivers have all received critical acclaim as important works of outdoor adventure and conservation literature. Steve currently writes the "Seasonable Angler" column for Fly Fisherman Magazine and serves as the Ambassador for Texas for the American Museum of Fly-Fishing. He is a Life Member of Trout Unlimited, a contributing member of the Nature Conservancy and the Audubon Society, and volunteers with Texas Parks and Wildlife as a Texas Master Naturalist.
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"A Season in Patagonia is not really a book about fishing--it's more a meditation on the power of connection and gratitude. And that happens to be something we need now more than ever."--Monte Burke, author of Lords of the Fly, Rivers Always Reach the Sea and Men of Troy "A Season in Patagonia is Steve Ramirez at his most expansive and profound. What begins as a flyfishing journey becomes a sweeping exploration of culture, history, and the fragile wonder of the natural world. This book is an unforgettable journey, and like all of Steve's work, a reminder of why we go outside in the first place."--Joshua Caldwell, fly fisher, director of the feature film Mending the Line "Fishing in South America is in its golden age, right now, like the African safari was a century or more ago. In A Season in Patagonia, Steve Ramirez takes his unique brand of storytelling to another world, with a richness of flavor as authentic as wood-fired asado."--Kirk Deeter, author of A Fishable Feast, Fly Fishing and Eating Your Way Around the World "Marine Corps veteran and globe-trotting angler Steve Ramirez writes about fly fishing with razor-keen descriptions of both action and environment, as well as with deep feeling that incorporates a rare and courageous personal vulnerability. But in all his books, each vivid angling adventure does double duty as a framework for the author's greater themes and concerns: his deep love of life, friendship, and family, and his fears and hopes for the future of the natural world, and for humanity in general. Crack the cover of his latest work--A Season in Patagonia--and along with an exciting panorama of international angling, you will find the beating heart, soul, and conscience of fly fishing itself."--Paul Guernsey, author of Rolling Back the River and Beyond Catch & Release: Exploring the Future of Fly Fishing "Reading Ramirez's latest work is like being at a campfire with dear ones, when the storyteller is at his most raw and honest. Steve challenges us to consider that friendships aren't reserved for humans; our relationship with the natural world can be just as deep, complex, maddening, and complete. I appreciate that Steve trusts readers with his unfiltered observations in which he misses little and investigates markedly the vulnerability in his path and his whole heart."--Hilary Hutcheson, outdoor writer and fly-fishing guide "Steve Ramirez has a rare ability to slow time. His stories live in the spaces between casts, where weather, memory, and place quietly shape who we are. Reading this feels less like being told a story and more like being invited into one."--April Vokey, Anchored Outdoors "Steve Ramirez has for many years been a favorite writer about fly fishing. His prose is superb: muscular, bone-honest, and with an eagle-eye for choice detail. He always writes about fly fishing with the joy and authority of one who has been there, loves it, and knows that it can be a sure channel to who we are and how we can live more wisely. His new book is a gem."--Nick Lyons, author, editor, publisher, and founder of Lyons Press "Steve Ramirez is a philosopher who sees fly fishing in a new light, and a leader of what I see as a new religion. I call it a religion because it's an exercise in introspection and meditation that focuses on the healing qualities of hope, gratitude, and a deep connection to nature."--Ross Purnell, Publisher/Editor, Fly Fisherman Magazine "Steve Ramirez is a true philosophical fly fisher with an astute ability to express what so many of us fly anglers feel deep within our beings. More than a fishing journey, A Season in Patagonia weaves people, history, culture, nature, land, water, and fish together into a meaningful tapestry of oneness. Traveling from Mexico to Argentina, we gain a unique perspective of life along the way as his soulful words convey the essence of what should make any fly-fishing trip more than just catching fish."--Jerry Kustich, Author of Bamboo Days: Memories of an Old Rod Builder "You might think this is a fishing book. This is a soul book. It has fishing. If you want fish, there are many books to choose. If you want soul, if your soul needs a little TLC, keep reading."--Carl Safina, author of Song for the Blue Ocean and Alfie and Me.