The Drake

The Drake is a quarterly magazine for people who love flyfishing, and also love quality writing and photography. The Drake is informative, educational, and entertaining, but it is not a "how-to" magazine. Many of the stories are about the "culture" of flyfishing—the people, the places, and of course, the fish.

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The Drake

1,000 WORDS

RISES • LETTERS FROM THE FAITHFUL

Sustain the Roadless Rule • Alaska’s Tongass, alone, is reason enough

Tackle, Tariffed • Unintended, illogical levy headaches

Little Fish, Big Politics • The intriguing tale of Ohio’s brook trout

Dworshak Dreams • The Gem State’s smallmouth mecca

Lord of the Dries • The inception of dry-fly snobbery

Public Lands, Explained • Translating Mike Lee’s X account

ASK TRASK

VER BAIT ’EM

PROPS

Fishy Redfishing • Lead us not into temptation

Fishing for Lunch • It’s not as easy as you might think

The Sand • Wild brookies above Lake Superior

French Connection • The language of love, and crevalle

Midstream • Age doesn’t always confer wisdom

Loving the Clicker • Disc drags are for losers

Summer Doldrums • Lake days in Northern Michigan

QUANTUM STEELHEADING • A beautiful mind, for losing fish

ODE TO A DABBLER • So many hobbies, so little time

A KING’S CORONATION

Walk-in Blues • How Utah’s stream-access has fallen short.

ANATOMY OF AN ANGLER • Big Two-Hearted River turns 100

Grip and Grime • Flyfishing Urban Denver

No Fish in Nebraska • Saying goodbye to a friend

Chasing Static • Embers of the cicada hatch

Gila Trout, Gila Chub • Love the one you're with

THE SCHOOL OF ARNOLD • Permit lessons in Cuba