Steve Ramirez's Blog, page 9
October 3, 2022
Woodstock Film Festival (Casting Forward)
I had a wonderful time at the Woodstock Film Festival attending the World Premier of the Feature Film: "Mending the Line," a Joshua Caldwell Film. The World Premiere of the movie “Mending the Line” was a total triumph and I can’t wait for it to move to distribution so that everyone can see it.
The next morning Director Joshua Caldwell and I slipped out for a quick trip to the river where I caught and lost a rainbow and he caught and landed a few. More importantly, it gave me time on the river with my newest old friend. I am grateful.
Now that I'm back home in Texas I am reliving my time in the Birthplace of American Fly Fishing after an amazing two days in the beautiful Catskills of New York. I will miss Woodstock and upstate New York… a beautiful place with such kind and welcoming people.
Namaste’ Y’all…Keep Casting Forward!
September 21, 2022
Ask About Fly Fishing with Host - D. Roger Maves!
https://www.askaboutflyfishing.com/
I hope you can join me and Host D. Roger Maves for tonight's episode of Ask About Fly Fishing! We will have a fun and wide-raging chat and - you can send questions in during the show.
September 20, 2022
Ned Talk at Riverside Nature Center!
I am deeply honored to have been invited to the Riverside Nature Center tomorrow night and hope to see some of you there.
September 15, 2022
Just Sharing...
“When I decided to leave my job, I went fishing and never looked back.
I went fishing in part because I knew that the rivers and the hills could
teach me the truths I once knew and had forgotten. I went fishing because
I knew that rising trout and singing warblers have wisdom, and because
for the first time in my life, I knew all the things that I never wanted to
do again, and all the places I never wanted to be, and all the people I never
wanted to be around. I knew that life was too damn precious and fleeting
for meaningless meetings and malignant greetings. I knew that from this
moment on, I wanted to be free, feral, authentic . . . even revolutionary in
my pursuit of a life worth living. I went fishing because it causes me to feel alive, and because the life that I was walking away from was draining my
soul and killing my passion, little by little, irrevocably.”
~ Steve Ramirez, from Casting Onward
“When I think of all the time I have spent in this finite life, sitting in meeting with academics, politicians, and other blowhards, listening to inflated egos pontificate at length about the grand value of nothing, I become overwhelmed with a mixture of ironic amusement and idiotic regret. After all, I could have been fishing.
~ Steve Ramirez, from Casting Onward
September 13, 2022
Steve Ramirez: NEd Talk at the Riverside Nature Center on the banks of the Guadalupe River
I am honored to be invited to present this NEd Talk at the Riverside Nature Center on the banks of the Guadalupe River in the Texas Hill Country. (Kerrville, Texas)
I hope to see some of you there for a reading of some of my favorite passages from my three books thus far in this series. I will share about my travels and experiences in writing these three books and include some stories that may take us from Alaska to the Caribbean, and Long Island to the California Coast and many places in between.
We will also chat about the healing powers of nature and how we might return the favor by doing our part in healing nature.
The Riverside Nature Center is planning to have both of my current books available for sale with the proceeds going to support the good work they do.
I’d be honored to meet you and sign your books during the event.
The Riverside Nature Center is located at 150 Francisco Lemos Kerrville, Texas 78028. Phone: 830 -257- 4837. Email: RNC.Kerrville@gmail.com
Ask About Fly Fishing - Internet Radio Show (Link Below)
Steve Ramirez is a fly fisher, writer, educator, master naturalist, philosopher, and outdoor adventurer. He's traveled four continents writing about fishing, landscapes, human cultures, and the natural world. He's written for many of the major periodicals and is publishing his latest book Casting Seaward. This book is the third in a book series that started with Casting Forward and was followed by Casting Onward. Join us and hear Steve's thoughts on fly fishing, conservation, restoration, and his hopes for the future of planet earth.
September 6, 2022
"Casting Forward" plays a role in the Movie "Mending The Line" as it Celebrates is World Premier!
Just Sharing …
It appears that I may be flying up to New York as a guest of the producers and director at the World Premiere of “Mending the Line.”
I am deeply honored to have my book, “Casting Forward” and some of my words as a small part of this beautiful movie.
The 23rd Woodstock Film Festival with our Opening Night Film and world premiere of MENDING THE LINE (starring Sinqua Walls, Brian Cox, Perry Mattfeld, and Wes Studi).
While ostensibly a film about PTSD, MENDING THE LINE is really a story about finding something to make living worthwhile, when a young wounded Marine receiving trauma care forms a bond with a man twice his age, who sees the mysteries of fly-fishing as holding the true healing power.
The 23rd Annual Woodstock Film Festival runs September 28th through October 2nd.
June 6, 2022
Signed Copies of Casting Onward are Available at bobwhitestudios.com
Check out these wonderful copies of Casting Onward signed by me as the author and my buddy Bob White as the illustrator. You can even commission Bob to do an original drawing of a fly for you to make your copy a one of a kind edition.
May 22, 2022
Trout Magazine's Kirk Deeter Reviews "Casting Onward!"
It was so nice of my dear friend Kirk Deeter to review Casting Onward for Trout Magazine. Full disclosure: Kirk is in three chapters of the book and we are friends…but he only says and writes what he really thinks and if you don’t know that…you don’t know Kirk Deeter!
By the way… I do hope you enjoy and find life-value in Casting Onward. If so, please consider leaving a brief, positive review on Amazon or wherever you ordered the book from. After years of hard work… I appreciate your kindness and support!
Namaste’ Y’all!
*minor correction: Lyons Press is my publisher, not Stackpole as mentioned in this otherwise perfect review.
