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.

Mexico’s Peninsulas

The Drake • 2022 VERSION 24.4

1,000 WORDS

RISES • LETTERS FROM THE FAITHFUL

Firestorm • What really happened in Bolivia?

Mission Impossible • Tip-Toeing Through Russia

Emerging Work • The Watercolors of Mike Pepper

Ancient Carping • Flyfishing took place 13,000 years ago

Be Your Maker • Build your own bamboo rod, with help

Stripers, Eh? • Flats fishing the 48th parallel

Funding Windfall • TU and USFS team up for rivers

ASK TRASK

Late Winter in Jersey • Absolution for the unworthy

Loyalty and Betrayal • Can my fly rod be trusted?

Tomatoes and Tuukka • The evolution of a family man

Handshake Before Goodbye • Baby tarpon on the northern Yucatan coast

The Question • Why would the answer change?

Scotty, Guardian Angel • Biting through Maxima on Kodiak Island

A Different Nation • War music and ‘vibing’ for steelhead with Matt Mendes

Happy Days at Brays • Redfish and largemouth in South Carolina

SPRUCES

ANGLING WITH VAN GOGH • Painters and poachers in England

THE PAPER HANGER • Meet Richard Chiappone. With shout-outs to Jim Babb, catch-and-release clamming, and exotic dancers.

ALLEGHENY RIVER STORIES • Broken treaties and jerkbaits in Western Pennsylvania

Bodies at Black Eagle • Carp and mortality in Montana

DRAKE FLY SHOPS 2023

No Name Lodge • Is Puerto Rico the next great permit destination?