Steve Raymond

Steve Raymond, a native of Bellingham, Washington, had a thirty-year career as a reporter, editor and manager at the Seattle Times . He also edited two magazines, The Flyfisher and Fly Fishing in Salt Waters , and reviewed fishing books for several publications. A charter and honorary life member of the Federation of Fly Fishers (now called Fly Fishing International), he is author of a dozen fly-fishing books, including two award-winning classics, The Year of the Angler and The Year of the...See more

Steve Raymond, a native of Bellingham, Washington, had a thirty-year career as a reporter, editor and manager at the Seattle Times . He also edited two magazines, The Flyfisher and Fly Fishing in Salt Waters , and reviewed fishing books for several publications. A charter and honorary life member of the Federation of Fly Fishers (now called Fly Fishing International), he is author of a dozen fly-fishing books, including two award-winning classics, The Year of the Angler and The Year of the Trout . He received the prestigious Roderick Haig-Brown Award for significant contributions to angling literature and his work has appeared in nine anthologies and at least twenty-four magazines. His manuscripts and papers are now part of special collections at the Western Washington University libraries in Bellingham. In 2022 he was admitted to the Fly Fishing Hall of Fame. Raymond and his wife, Joan, reside on an old farm on Whidbey Island in northern Puget Sound. He can be reached at steveraymondbooks@whidbey.com. See less