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.

Lend Your Rods

The Drake

1,000 WORDS

RISES • LETTERS FROM THE FAITHFUL

We All Live Upstream • Dams on the Lower Snake impact many rivers that salmon and steelhead never reach.

Carping in Casper • There’s more to Wyoming than trout.

Starlink Savior • Elon Musk’s Rockets

A Proper Pint • Karen Talbot’s art process

Bristol Bay’s Last Stand • The State of Alaska’s failed Hail Mary

Clyde on Tour • A notoriously unreliable fishing car hits the big screen

Rare Fishery • Mine could forever alter Bitterroot

Skagit River Revival • A new steelhead-management model

Trey Combs Does It Again • Flies for Atlantic Salmon and Steelhead

ASK TRASK

River Bounty • Lost and found on the water

Aristotle • College fishing is where you find it

The Sabbatical Report • Taking a break from routine

The Old Cabin • A gift from the Bureau of Reclamation

The other Ian • A reintroduction to Pennsylvania Creeks

Signature Sounds • Putting the pedal down

Cheating on Steelhead • The righteous beauty of a Great Lakes fling

GARDENS OF THE QUEEN • Live-a-boarding in Cuba

A LITTLE BIGGER • February on Pyramid Lake

A FISH STORY • Careful what you wish for.

THE DISAFFECTED • A campfire on the coast

Antelope Dreams • Chasing Tigers and Dodging Lions on the Zambezi

Maintain Perspective • On fishing in a time of change

DRAKE FLY SHOPS 2024

Bait Fishing • Life is unfair for us all