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

Musky Madness • The Ghost of Bev D

Itinerant Inker • On the road with a traveling tattooist

Seven • An inconceivable comeback in the Merkin

Golden Anniversary • A River Runs Through It turns 50.

Finding Balance • Jerry McBride’s balanced leech celebrates 20 years

Front Range Hotspotter • Welcome to Wallyworld. Get in line.

Muddy Waters • The battle for Mobile Bay.

ASK TRASK

VER BAIT ’EM

PROPS

Benevolent Ass • An Unspoken Deal

Wisdom in Alaska • Silver mining up north

Docks • Where judge and jury preside

Devoted Stripper • The fishy life of a dishpan

Spring Weekend • Brookies and babies.

Skiffs and Suburbans • Are you a wader person or a flip-flopper?

Watch Your Tongue • On Hobbes and Hotspotting

Poling Alone • The joy and challenge of going solo

Drum Beat • Tide, muscle, and mud in the marsh

A FEW WORDS FOR FLIP • Reflections on The Walker’s Cay Chronicles

WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE A STEELHEAD

QUETICO WILDERNESS

THE FISH AND THE FIRE • Apache trout have made a miraculous recovery. Could Gila trout be next?

Crisis Antidote • On midlife and steelheading

Escort Service • When rays bring a friend