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.

Land Grab

The Drake

RISES • LETTERS FROM THE FAITHFUL

Level Four Fisheries • Alternatives to ill-advised destinations

ICONS

Chico Fernández

Atlantic Steelhead • Argentina’s Santa Cruz River

Lego My Steelhead • Ryan Van Duzor’s unconventional art

I-80 Interlude • Rest-stop reprieve in Wyoming

ASK TRASK

VER BAIT ’EM

PROPS

First Trout, Last Trout • The eventual, irresistible allure of saltwater

Testing Times • Paying the price on English rivers

Streamer Junkie • On being addicted to big baitfish flies.

Dropout • Death in the afternoon

Finding My Place • Nobody is stoked I moved here

Meanwhile, in Galilee • The first fishing lodge

RETURN TO THE BACK OF THE BOAT • THE JOYS OF GUIDING THE LOUISIANA MARSH

ENGLISH PATIENCE • Mayflies, Moss, and Murder in the Cotswolds.

DIRTBAG PATAGONIA • Fishing is easier on the private estancias.

BONES O F HAWAII • A personal history of fishing the Aloha State

Picturing John • Making cover shots with Gierach

Bonefish Club • Hanging with Patchy and Munchy

Burn Perm • Should’ve stayed with the boat