Anglers Journal

The Armchair Angler

Casting Forward

By Steve Ramirez

Lyons Press

When I think about a fly-fishing memoir, Texas doesn’t typically come to mind as the setting. And in the rare moment I do think of the Lone Star State, I’m probably imagining a book stuffed with redfish, seatrout and maybe the skyline of Galveston. But upending expectations is what good stories are about, and Steve Ramirez has done just that with his personal catalog of Hill Country spring creeks.

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