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.

Our National Parks

The Drake • 2026 VERSION 28.2

1,000 WORDS

RISES • LETTERS FROM THE FAITHFUL

American Top 40 • The best-named flies in the country

Old Habits • Why are we still stocking fish?

Restoring the Kennebec • Life comes pouring back.

Clyde Resurrected • Sometimes, a prayer is answered

Brooklyn to Bozeman • An opera runs through it

Northwoods Whittler • Stanley Leonard’s woodblock prints

Colorado’s Newest Public Water • An elusive win for the imperiled public landowner

ASK TRASK

VER BAIT ’EM

PROPS

Measure Up • A picture you’ll never see

Anodyne • Tunes that move you

Over the Saint Regis • Random road-trip pullouts deliver

Driftwood Castles • Sons and stripers on Cape Cod

Bison and Beer • Decisions on Soda Butte Creek

Bobbers and Ladybirds • The net half full

Tanks and Triggerfish • The pursuit of armored fish on a forgotten coast.

Gunnison Memories • Pleasure Park history

RUSSIAN ROOTS • Origins of flyfishing on the Kola and Kamchatka peninsulas

CATCHING MERMAIDS • Magic in Labrador’s unforgiveness

FLYFISHING PERSIA • The unknown allure of Iran

THE THOMPSON

Empire Angling • The trout streams of Kenya

Rob Cesta • Bass and beer and fly-tying by

Tradeoffs • Backbacking the Bob

I’m Out • On wading for permit