`Every time I leave the world of work, family and community to wade into a river with fly rod in hand, I enter a sacred space that sometimes finds expression in the written word.'

In Casting into Mystery, writer Robert Reid and wood engraver Wesley W. Bates-avid anglers, both-put ink to paper in homage to the venerable sport of fly fishing. Through text and image, they recall with fondness the `company of rivers' each is grateful to know, providing a glimpse inside a sporting culture teeming with literature, art and music.

Part memoir, part objet d'art and part field guide, Casting into Mystery will delight passionate fly fishing practitioners and armchair anglers alike.