Rivers Always Reach the Sea (Pegasus Books), by Monte Burke, contains 31 pieces, including essays and profiles of some of the biggest names in angling, such as Lefty Kreh and Andy Mill. This collection takes the reader from the rainforests of Chile to the windswept tundra of Russia, from the remote mangrove-choked basins of Florida’s Everglades to the congested littoral zone of New York City, and to many places in between. The quarry includes trout, Atlantic salmon, tarpon, bonefish and striped bass, but the real quest is for something else entirely. Told in a voice described by the novelist, Carl Hiaasen, as “funny, wistful, and wonderful,” the stories in Rivers Always Reach the Sea keep the focus on the “why” of the sport of fly-fishing, not the “how.”
“Monte Burke’s extraordinarily detailed portraits and nice, clean prose turn his stories into literature,” says Thomas McGuane, author of The Longest Silence.
“If there’s a finer writer in fly-fishing not named McGuane, I don’t know who it would be. This collection of essays and profiles is sure to be a hit,” according to The Drake magazine.
Burke is the author of Lords of the Fly: Madness, Obsession and the Hunt for the World Record Tarpon, and The New York Times bestseller Saban: The Making of a Coach, a biography of Alabama head coach Nick Saban. He is also the author of 4th & Goal: One Man’s Quest to Recapture His Dream, which won an Axiom Award for biography, and Sowbelly: The Obsessive Quest for the World Record Largemouth Bass, which was named one of the best books of the year by Sports Illustrated and Amazon.
