Welcome to
Wild River Press
The Year of the Bonefish
When I was a young journalism student, I was given a gift—although, at the time, I did not fully realize how valuable.
“Read only the best,” a wise, eccentric man advised me. “You won’t have time for the rest.”
Twenty years ago, I launched Wild River Press with an ambitious aim: to create the finest fishing and hunting in print. With enthusiastic support from sportsmen and sportswomen who know and still treasure fine sporting literature, we have succeeded. We have brought you adventure and knowledge from the experts, while winning a continuing string of impressive international awards for publishing excellence along the way. Thank you to all—our wonderful authors and loyal readers—for making our collective success possible.
For Wild River Press, in keeping with the growing interest in saltwater fly fishing on the part of anglers everywhere, we declare this the Year of the Bonefish.
Our exceptional authors, artists and photographers have been working with us on these four titles for years. They are finally in print and available for shipping to you today, or are going to print soon and will be available later this year. We believe this is the finest collection of books about tropical flats fishing assembled and released by any publisher of note during any one year:
- The Mangrove Diaries: What Every Tropical Flats Fly Fisher Needs to Know by Mike Watt (April 2025)
- My 100 Favorite Flies for Bonefish by Ian Davis (April 2025)
- A Passion for Bonefish by Ian Davis and a Company of Anglers (June 2025)
- Ghost Stories: A History of Bonefishing in the Bahamas by Thomas Karrow (October 2025)
Read, learn and enjoy!
Finally, for those of you with a collection of stories of your experiences in the field or on the water—or with the dream of a published sporting memoir you’ve imagined giving your friends and family as a gift—ask about our personal Wild River Custom Publishing Service. We can help you plan, edit and bring to reality the book you’ve been thinking about.
Yours for the best in sporting literature,
Thomas R. Pero
Publisher
Direct telephone: 425-486-3638
Personal email: tom@wildriverpress.com