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

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RISES • LETTERS FROM THE FAITHFUL

The Blame Game • Steelheading’s summer of discontent

Berry Islands Escape • A new lodge opens in the Bahamas

Roll Clyde • Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Bass in ’Bama

Reconciling Rock Snot • The bad—and possibly good—side of Didymo

Dry Fly Guy • The passing of Jim Hill

Portugal. The Flyfisher • Words from a meaningful band

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Glengarry Glen Mykiss • Do you really deserve that B.C. steelheading trip?

Fishing for Bars • Because drinking helps with catching

I Counted Fish • But I never had to count very high

The Meadowlark • Birds of a feather die together

Scotch and Water • Morning in the Catskills

Dark Morning • A solemn start to an autumn day

Musky Camp • Can I bring my bow when musky fishing?

The Divinity of Marshes • Memories from Pointe-aux-Chenes, Louisiana

Rodney Noel Jarvis • The people we meet

STREAMER FISHIN’ • Hunting small-water structure in Big Sky Country

ROUGH WATER •  New Mexico is deep in debates about fishing access

NORTHERNMOST • Chasing Rainbows on Alaska’s Gulkana River

The Piedmont Problem • Fishing with Homer and Marge

The Bluegill Hunter • Largemouth gotta eat, too

USS Permit & USS Tarpon • A brief history of two Naval warriors