FATC Days of Christmas…GOD MUST BE A FLY FISHER

FATC Days of Christmas… GOD MUST BE A FLY FISHER

Christmas is approaching and I have a gift for my FATC brothers. (No…it’s not a new Orvis Helios fly rod or even a package of Oros Strike Indicators.)

I’ve recently enjoyed reading Daniel Bryant’s book, GOD MUST BE A FLY FISHER, and I think many of you will enjoy it also. I’m reprinting a short chapter each day from now through New Year’s Day. This is not just a book about fly fishing. It’s a book about slowing down. It’s a book about seeing that every moment outdoors might be an invitation to come closer to the One who created it all.

(Preface for God Must Be A Fly Fisher by author Daniel Bryant)

Why I Wrote This Book

I didn’t set out to write a book about God.

I set out to write about fly fishing –the sport that has shaped much of my life, refined my patience, and brought me closer to creation than almost anything else ever has.

But the more I wrote, the more I realized…

You can’t separate one from the other.

Not for me.

Not anymore.

Because somewhere between the cast and the current, I began to see it clearly:

God must be a fly fisher.

Who else could craft a world so delicate, so intricate, so wildly beautiful and yet so perfectly balanced?

Who else could teach through water, through wilderness, through the quiet rise of a trout under a pale blue sky?

Who else could speak through storms —and also through stillness?

This book is a collection of stories some pulled from Scripture, some from my own life, many from long days on the water where heaven felt a little closer. It’s written for believers, doubters, wanderers, and weary souls alike. It’s for anyone who’s ever stood in a river and wondered if there’s more to life than what they’ve seen.

Maybe you’ve never held a fly rod. That’s okay.

Maybe you’ve never opened a Bible. That’s okay too.

This book isn’t about doctrine or dogma.

It’s about invitation.

To slow down.

To look around.

To listen.

And maybe —to believe.

Because whether you’re casting a dry fly in the golden light of evening or casting your cares before the Lord, I believe the One who made the river still walks its banks.

And I believe He’s calling each of us to wade in.

— Daniel Bryant  (Author of God Must Be A Fly Fisher)