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.

Fishing a Reef

The Drake • 2025 VERSION 27.3

1,000 WORDS

RISES • LETTERS FROM THE FAITHFUL

A Flip Fable • Ode to a legend

So Many Slams • The allure of multi-species awards

Thrown for a Loop • Ulterior motive or change of heart?

Lake-run Browns • The other football season

Scot Simmons • A legacy on water

The Happy Advocate • Heather Harkavy and Fish for Change

ASK TRASK

Hoosic River Resurgence • Return of a resilient waterway

For the Tarpon • South Carolina is different than Belize

Pier Pressure • Early mornings on Lake Ontario

Earworm Hatch • Mind Games in the Smokies

Frogwater Bluebacks • Chasing steelhead’s overlooked cousin

Park Pond Hierarchy • On the valuable lesson of sharing

Breakfast on the Bayou • Early morning at Kitty’s restaurant

Me and My Old Man • Fall is for focussing on meaningful things

A Trout in the Milk • Patience at the Driftless Dry Fly School

THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMMED • The Monkey Wrench Gang turns fifty.

OCTOBER LIGHT • Stripers and partridge in Nova Scotia

GRAND SLAM • A Play in Three Acts

Exploring Slovenia • Touring Europe’s most beautiful fishery

Discovering Local Water • Sometimes it’s right in front of you

Boreal Escape • Pike and steelhead up north

One Tail. One Tale. • Permit me to introduce myself.