Rivers Always Reach the Sea, Monte Burke
Rivers Always Reach the Sea, Monte Burke
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Rivers Always Reach the Sea
Angling Stories

Author: Monte Burke, David DiBenedetto

Narrator: Mike Chamberlain

Unabridged: 6 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/25/2025


Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author of Saban and Lords of the Fly comes an exquisite collection of angling stories that span the twenty-first century.

The thirty-one pieces in Rivers Always Reach the Sea—essays, as well as profiles of some of the biggest names in angling, including Lefty Kreh and Andy Mill—take the listener 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, and not the "how."

About Monte Burke

Monte Burke is a staff writer at Forbes magazine and has also written for the New York Times, Outside, Men's Journal, Town & Country, and Garden & Gun. A recipient of Barnes & Noble's Discover Great New Writers Award, Monte is the author of 4th and Goal and Sowbelly. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and three daughters.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Caleb Begley on June 24, 2025

Gierach-esque in the short story approach, but unique in that Burkes range covers more than just the fishing trips. Emphasis on the guides, locations, and environment are what really made this book enjoyable. Additionally, these fly fishing books can become dry with a moaning about the destruction o......more

Goodreads review by Brendan P McCarthy on July 22, 2025

lotta boats considering… This guy really gets it. In a world so rapidly cratering, Monte strains out the cream of locales, locals and legends. It was a enveloping paddle I wish didn’t end......more