Steve Ramirez's Blog

Campeche Tarpon! “No matter how qualified or deserving we are, we will never reach a better life until we can imagine it for ourselves and allow ourselves to have it. Argue for your limitations and, sure enough, they're yours.” ~ Richard Bach In the end, and there is an end, that arrives when you least expect it… we all live the lives of our choosing, not matter the circumstances we find ourselves in. There is never that “perfect time” or “perfect place” or “perfect person.” And if you’re...

Fly Fishing and Nature Saves Me... I hope to return the favor. The angler making this beautiful cast is my friend Chris, the owner of Living Waters Fly Fishing in Round Rock, Texas.

A Season in Patagonia is angler, naturalist, and outdoor conservation author Steve Ramirez’s newest collection of fly fishing, nature trekking and exploration stories that are intended to entertain and enlighten his readers while focusing on “Nature and the Best of Human Nature.”   In A Season in Patagonia, Ramirez takes us on an epic journey retracing the westward expansion of Euro American Conquistadors while exploring the legacy and lessons offered by the indigenous peoples of Mexico,...

Human Accelerated Climate Change is Real and a Real Threat to Our Children's Future Today, January 2nd, 2026… it is 80 degrees Fahrenheit outside and my air conditioning in on “in the DEAD of winter” My asthma gets unbearable in the heat… it plus the ozone particulate pollution in the air might eventually be the death of me. I wore shorts on Christmas Day and today and the only reason I wore a thin but long-sleeved casting shirt was to protect my arms from sunburn and save on sunscreen. Once...

My Texas Hill Country Homewaters

I wish each of you and everyone you love a very joyful Christmas Day and Season! This day was set aside by men of our past to mark the birth of a being known to history as Jesus of Nazareth. History records that he was the child of poor and homeless Middle Eastern refugees who were seeking safety and shelter from the persecution of a petty king. And no matter if you believe him to have been “The Son of God,” or “The Son of Man” or a “great profit” or a “wise rabbi,” one thing we can hopefully...

“These moments we're left with May you always remember These moments are shared by few And those harbor lights, lord, they're coming into view We'll bid our farewells much too soon So drink it up, this one's for you it's been a lovely cruise…” ~ Jimmy Buffett, Lovely Cruise The last movie that I shared with y’all was Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein which to my mind, was a masterpiece of filmmaking and storytelling. Now I have another film to share with you that felt significant and...

My new one-of-a-kind, original Bob White art pencil sketch of me in Patagonia… is Home above my writing desk. Bob took the photo while I was going about my business of tying a mediocre knot while attaching a lovely wet fly to my line and pondering my good fortune. Each day for the remainder of my current mortal lifetime I will look at this beautiful piece of art and reflect on this dear friendship as part of my morning ritual to begin another new day of life and living. Every day of Life and...

Nature Saves Us... It's Time that We Return the Favor

“None of the things in life - like love or faith - was arrived at by thinking; indeed, one could almost define the things that mattered as the ones that came as suddenly as thunder.” ~ Pico Iyer Time in Nature Sets Us Free Sometimes I try to be thoughtless – and by this I do not mean that I am stiving to be inconsiderate but rather, being without thoughts that come to be as a jabbering of voices in my head. I find this to be extremely difficult when I’m alone and nearly impossible when I’m...