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.

Letter from a Smallmouth

The Drake • 2023 VERSION 25.1

1,000 WORDS

RISES • LETTERS FROM THE FAITHFUL

Resolve • Joe Webster’s year on the water

Lessons from Lou • Advice on a life with stripers

Questionable Collections • Where are our recreation.gov fees going?

Silas Goodrich Day • An exploratory angler to remember

Urban Cowboys • Fish where you can

End of the Road • What does the future hold for Punta Allen?

Reconnecting in Michigan • The Dow and Boardman are returning.

ASK TRASK

VER BAIT EM

PROPS

Earning It • Proxy fishing in Savannah

Season One • Transition to the rower’s seat

Unsnooked • Sometimes, one shot can mean everything

Unexpected Discovery • The joy of distractions

Jewel Box • The gift of Alaskan generosity

The Itch • Coastal carping in Maine

Silent steelhead • Quest for answers in Southeast Alaska

Let The People Fish • It’s time for a shift in perspective

YUKON PASSAGE • In and out of luck on the Alcan Highway

NEVADA SALMONIDS • Desert solitude, with Mom

ODE TO OMAN • Flyfishing the Arabian Peninsula

REBOUND BREAKDOWN • As Lake Powell shrinks, the number of smallmouth downstream is growing

Lee’s Ferry Fiasco • If smallmouth are the biggest threat to humpback chub, then why are we killing so many brown trout? by tom bie

L.A. Confidential • Carping in the City of Angels

DRAKE FLY SHOPS 2023

A Day with Rea • Sleeping like a baby