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.

Flyfishing Delirium

The Drake • 2022 VERSION 24.3

1,000 WORDS

RISES • LETTERS FROM THE FAITHFUL

Conference Realignment • If allowed to relocate any two fisheries in the country…

Carp Reclamation Project • Protecting Denver’s South Platte River

Deleting Derelicts • Ocean Aid 360’s Ghost Trap Rodeo

Sargassum Surplus • The Yucatan’s other weed problem

Master Mentor • Rowell Guevarra and the Alabama Mayfly Project

Casting Championships • The world’s best gather in Norway

Questionable Criticism • Why is the ASA still defending lead weights?

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PROPS

Full Boat • Brothers on the water

Autumn Madness • Make the most of your fall.

About Stuff • An angler weighs what matters

Smallmouth Hunting • Where trout dare not go

Airbnbass • A landowner leans toward benevolence

Numbers Game • It’s time for a slow-fishing movement

Lost and Found • Reclaiming Alaskan jewelry

Swindlers • The cold-hearted indifference of redfish

LOSING LARRY • The extraordinary life and tragic death of a steelheader

MUSKY FLIES • Playing the long game

WITNESS TO A KILLING • Trout fishing at the Colosseum

RETURN TO THE RIVER • A Steelheader’s Search for Salvation

Drum Circle • Chasing the fish in The Land

Salmonfly Questions • What’s happening to our favorite hatch?

Innoko Waterwolves • Chasing pike in the name of science

DRAKE FLY SHOPS 2022

Happy Silver Anniversary • BTT celebrates twenty-five years