Cast Away Books was founded in 2015 and has supplied award-winning print and online stories and photos for a wide variety of publications ever since. Covering outdoor recreation, especially fishing, our content has appeared from coast to coast and our first book project, Casting Around the Eastern Sierra, was named a Best Book of the Year by the Outdoor Writers Association of California in 2018. Current work can be found on the Blog.
Casting Around the Eastern Sierra 2nd Edition is in production and will be published in the fall of 2024.
The Team
Award-winning author and journalist Mike McKenna has written about fishing and other outdoor exploits for nearly two decades. His fishing stories for publications like The Sheet, Eastside Magazine, Mammoth Insiders Blog, The Log, Fish Rap and Trout magazine have won numerous national and regional awards. In 2011, he was awarded Best Fishing Blog in the country by the Outdoor Writers Association of America.
Casting Around the Eastern Sierra is Mike’s second award-wining book. His first book, “Angling Around Sun Valley,” which he wrote with the assistance of world famous tackle shop Silver Creek Outfitters, was named Best Book of the Year in 2014 by NOWA.
Joe Pollini and the friendly team at Visit Bishop have helped guide the 2nd Edition.
Katy and Andrew Drake of Mammoth Lakes Creative are designing original maps foe the book.
Christie Osborne and the team at Mammoth Lakes Tourism are supporting the book project in a variety of ways, including publishing drafts of the book as weekly blogs.
Julie Molema is a talented graphics artist as well as a gifted clothing and jewelry designer. As a graphic artist, she has produced work that has been named "Best Lifestyle Magazine" in the country by the Maggie Awards, and "Best Book of the Year" by NOWA. Her booming clothing and design business is called JAM Designs.
Brian Richter learned to tie flies a full year before he learned to fly-fish. He is not sure why that was, but he is certain it helped him better understand the water and the environment in which he would eventually find his calling. “Learning about bugs is an integral part of fishing.” A native of southern Idaho, Brian started fishing with his parents when he was still a toddler. “My mother made a miniature, makeshift float tube for me so that my sister could drag me around the lake while she and my father fished. My sister tells me I was either in my birthday suit or in diapers during these excursions.” It doesn’t get much more native Idahoan than that! Neither does his choice of après-fishing activities that favor a cold beer at Grumpy’s or dinner at the Pioneer Saloon, relaxing and spinning fishing tales with friends and clients.
Glick + Fray is a creative agency in Bellevue, Idaho, led by Nancy Glick. Nancy’s team have designed the 2nd edition.
Stacy Corless, who partnered with Mike at Eastside Magazine, will be handling the copy editing duties. She's one of the best in business and we're delighted to have her on board.
“Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.”
