Monte Burke
Monte Burke is a Garden & Gun contributing editor and the New York Times best-selling author of Saban, Lords of the Fly and Men of Troy, among other books. He is also a contributing editor at The Drake. He grew up primarily in Alabama and North Carolina and now lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughters.
Recipe
A ripple of pistachio cream and glaze of bourbon level up a box of yellow cake mix
Sporting
After devoting more than five decades to helping clients catch the fish of their dreams, Huff reels in the esteemed Izaak Walton Award
Sporting
Deep in Florida’s backcountry, a legendary guide reveals a world of silver giants
Arts & Culture
The painter emerged from a hardscrabble youth to become one of the most quietly successful Southern painters of his generation, embracing the trials and triumphs of his career by keeping his heart—and his art—grounded in his home state
Arts & Culture
Focused on (and in) the field, a party animal off of it, the yellow Lab has captivated fans, charmed recruits, and brought a little bit of cheeky mischief to the sidelines
Sporting
In the heart of Patagonia lies a land suspended in time, one teeming with some of the world’s richest—and most improbable—stretches for fly fishing
Arts & Culture
Three decades after the release of the film, a collective story of its making reveals Gump still looms large in the lives of the stars and the locals who helped turn a movie no one wanted into an Oscar-winning smash
collections
“Once you get a couple of these things, you start appreciating the history and the beauty and the engineering”
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
It’s not just the number of national championships—it’s the way he won them
Travel
Whether you’re after fin or feather, find an experience you won’t get stateside at these retreats across the globe
Adventures
Tucked into cool mountain foothills, the sylvan city beckons with a break from Southern heat
interview
Silver screen, small screen, even your music stream—the Houston native has them covered
Sporting
A longtime panhandle fisherman on why the region draws him back year after year
Sporting
The foremost collector of the state’s vintage reels trolls auctions, meets, and antique stores for his quarry
Land & Conservation
There’s been a noticeable decline of the species in Florida Bay and the Keys. A look at why—and what we can do to reverse the trend
Arts & Culture
Every month for a decade, Hody Childress quietly delivered cash to a local pharmacy for those in need. In the wake of his death, strangers have picked up the tab
Sporting
Acclaimed anglers and conservationists Andy Mill and Paul Dixon honored by the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust
Hurricane Ian
What happens when you pack up all your valuables to flee a hurricane—and instead drive straight into the eye of the storm? One man’s harrowing account
Sporting
Many consider permit to be the pinnacle of fly fishing. But it took hitting a personal low before Nathaniel Linville could truly begin his quest to become one of the best permit fishermen alive




















