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.

Ten Years of Clyde

The Drake

1,000 WORDS

RISES • LETTERS FROM THE FAITHFUL

Return of the King • Clyde works the kinks out in Tennessee

Aquaculture Anxiety • Puget Sound’s net-pen problem takes another turn

Appalachian Invaders • A bad hatch for brook trout

Sea Change • The all-female crew of the Irish Mist

Warm Water Salvation • Even trout guides need an occasional escape

ASK TRASK

VER BAIT ’EM

SCUDDLEBUTT PROPS

Green River Conundrums • Low-water workaround in Wyoming

Kid’s Pond • Thoughts on the value of fishing friends

Redbandia • Thoughts on the mother river

Rivers and Currents • Fishing in a time of coping and loss

The Bucket • Confronting the ideal, ill-fated cast

Adroit Angling • Exploring rod-rack resourcefulness

Tiger King • An arduous August day ends in triumph

Tailwater Woes • Plumbing on the grand scale

Baitball Deception • The cruel fraudulance of mullet

Notice to the Salmon Killers KINGS

NOW I LAY ME • One writer’s path to a riverside home

FLETCHER’S COVE • Problems along the Potomac

KINNIKINNIC NIGHT STALKING • Off-limits browns in Wisconsin’s “wild country.”

Emergence • Sometimes, the fishing comes second

Allegheny Communion • Eating brook trout in the wilds of Pennsylvania

DRAKE FLY SHOPS

Yucatan Home Water • Pesca Maya celebrates its silver anniversary