By Randy Kadish
272 pages
soft cover

New! This philosophical new novel, The Fly Caster Who Tried to Make Peace with the World, looks at an age-old question -- why are we here? -- through the story of one Ian MacBride, a young man dealing with grief and shock after returning from the killing fields of World War I. Eventually moving to the Beaverkill River, he retreats into the world of fly fishing. Even as he confronts new losses, Ian finds comfort in the practice of his beloved sport of fly casting, where he begins to see the ideal form as a metaphor for the ideals for a higher power. A novel of loss, faith and coming to terms, "Fly Caster" is infused with the history of fly fishing, fly casting and, above all, the beauty and spirituality of both.

Author Randy Kadish is an outdoor writer whose work has appeared in many magazines, including Flyfisher, Flyfishing & Tying Journal and others. Much of his writing is about the techniques of spin and fly casting, and about the spirtuality and recovery found in fly fishing.