EDITORIAL | DRAKE MAGAZINE WINTER 2020-2021

WINTER ISSUE | 2020-2021
Vol. 22, Issue 4

The new issue of The Drake Magazine is on the rack. It’s always nice to see your work in print. It takes a team effort to make these images come to life. A big thank you to all those anglers and people involved in the process… and to the print magazines who still hold credible journalism in high regard.


Grab yourself a print copy or order a subscription, you won’t be disappointed and won’t ever miss an issue.

+ The Drake Magazine: http://www.drakemag.com/
+ Travel: https://www.yellowdogflyfishing.com/


 



 

GRAY’S SPORTING JOURNAL: PHOTO ESSAY // EAST WEST

PHOTO ESSAY | WEST EAST
Yucatan, Mexico

The 2021 Expeditions & Guides Annual of Gray’s Sporting Journal is now available. I am thrilled to have a photo essay in this issue.

This essay is a series of images taken in the Yucatan. I’ve traveled around Yucatan Mexico with a camera and a fly rod for many years. More often than not it’s with my good friend Shaun Lawson. Over the years we’ve had quite the adventures. Good fishing, bad fishing, good weather, bad weather, and a few blown-out flip-flops –  it’s always quite the adventure to find a size “grande gringo”. We’ve had some camera mishaps, a few parasite issues, a lot of tacos, and met a lot of incredible people. Every trip was always a great trip, the fishing was just a bonus.

Big thanks to all guides for working hard to help us get into fish and of course, help with getting the images. It’s a team effort.

This issue is packed with great articles and some impressive photo essays, it’s not one to be missed.
Be sure to head down to your local shop and grab yourself a copy or better yet, order a subscription, you won’t be disappointed.


Gray’s Sporting Journal
Vol. Forty-Five, Issue 7
2021 Expeditions & Guides Annual
https://www.grayssportingjournal.com/



GRAY’S SPORTING JOURNAL: PHOTO ESSAY // BAHAMAS OPTIONS

PHOTO ESSAY | ANDROS ISLAND
24° 25′ 59.99″ N -77° 56′ 59.99″ W – North Andros

I traveled around North Andros in the Bahamas with Ian Davis with the purpose of wade fishing for bonefish. One of the many great things about fly fishing on Andros Island is the extensive wading options. In certain areas, utilizing the tides, you can fish wade for bonefish all day with a just a spool of tippet, and a handful of flies. It’s also always a good idea to have a ‘cuda rod handy. The barracuda are also hunting bonefish. When planning what to bring, it also doesn’t hurt to toss in a few local Kalik beers for the celebratory ride home after a fun day of flats fishing. Big thanks to guides Solomon Murphy and Phillip Rolle for working hard to help us get into fish and the images.

This issue is packed with great articles and some impressive photo essays, it’s not one to be missed.
Be sure to head down to your local shop and grab yourself a copy or better yet, order a subscription, you won’t be disappointed.

Gray’s Sporting Journal
Vol. Forty-Four, Issue 1, March/April 2019
Photo Essay: Options
https://www.grayssportingjournal.com/



 

BELIZE PERMIT CLUB: NEW MARKETING MATERIALS

BELIZE PERMIT CLUB
Hopkins, Belize

Our buddy Wil Flack at the Belize Permit Club called. He wanted to update some marketing content for his new lodge, and we happily obliged. Team member Will Phelps headed down to the tropics with a few Pelican cases and dreams of capturing permit. He returned to Montana with smiles and hard drives.

Belize Permit Club is located in a remote area of Hopkins and is home to world-class fly fishing for permit. Wil and his team have created a new lodge for small groups of permit-hungry anglers in the heart of Belize. BPC has comfortable accommodations within walking distance to the boat. Great fishing and food and fantastic guides — we can’t wait to get back.

+ Belize Permit Club: https://www.belizefly.com/belize-permit-club
+ Wil Flack: https://stories.yeti.com/ambassador/wil-flack





 

Camera/Edit: Will Phelps, BGP

EDITORIAL COVER | SOUTHWEST FLY FISHING MAGAZINE 2019

MORNING LIGHT ON THE TEXAS COAST
Jan/Feb 2019

I’m happy to see our image landed on the cover of Southwest Fly Fishing Magazine. It’s always a humbling honor to have your work featured in an editorial magazine, but especially the cover.

This photograph is from a great morning on the Texas coast with Corby Robertson and Mike Trotter who were fly fishing for redfish. A little teamwork goes a long way.

A big thanks to the anglers as well as Dagon Apparel and Paul Bourcq at Drift Media Productions. Without all your hard work, none of this is made possible.

Grab a copy at your to your local shop or order a digital copy for your tablet for more great content.

+ Southwest Fly Fishing Magazine 
https://southwest-fly-fishing.myshopify.com/products/sw-2019-jan-print



+ Dagon Apparel Company +
 https://www.dagonfishing.com/

+ Drift Media Productions+
http://driftmediaproductions.com/


 

CUBA | HOW ABOUT A HAM SANDWICH & JACK, SAY CHEESE

CUBA | HOW ABOUT A HAM SANDWICH AND JACK, SAY CHEESE
Jardines de la Reina, Cayo Largo, Havana | Cuba

Oh Cuba… what can I say about a place that Hemingway didn’t already say? A Ham sandwich, betcaha Hemingway didn’t mention a ham sandwich.  oh wait, he did. Breakfast, lunch or dinner, a ham sandwich is always an appropriate food in Cuba. That and a few more other odd things like funny money, cool old cars, ancient churches, talented artists and willing jacks can be found at any given time here! Did I mention the jacks crush Warpath crease flies on the surface?! Yes, yes, they do!

“It was considered a virtue not to talk unnecessarily at sea…”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea

It was a thrilling few weeks in Cuba…now I’m repacking, headed to South America next week.

+ Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures –  http://www.yellowdogflyfishing.com/blog/yellow-dog-team-returns-home-cuba

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EDITORIAL | THE DRAKE MAGAZINE FALL 2014

EDITORIAL | THE DRAKE MAGAZINE FALL ISSUE 2014
Crab Hand, Zach Wheeler

I’m happy to see this image accompanying Drew Chicone’s article “Consider the Crab” in the new Fall issue of The Drake Magazine.
+ http://www.drakemag.com/

Also… don’t forget to take a stroll over to Drew’s site, he has some great patterns – http://www.saltyflytying.com/

About the Image
+ Angler: Zach Wheeler
+ Location: Playa Blanca, Yucatan http://casablancafishing.com/


Drake Magazine_Fall 2015


 

NEXT STOP… BELIZE!

NEXT STOP… BELIZE!!
Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures Belize Tour

Bags are packed, headed to the plane. Next stop, salt and sun!
+ Yellow Dog Flyfishing Adventures: http://www.yellowdogflyfishing.com/

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BELIZE CUDA

BELIZE CUDA
Toothy Critter

Packing for Belize, it’s almost time to go. I am looking forward to the salt and the sand … and cudas! Barracuda are one of my favorite fish to catch: acrobatic, aggressive, fast, strong and love to eat. See ya soon!

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TICKETS BOOKED | NEXT STOP BELIZE!

TICKETS BOOKED…SEE YOU IN A FEW WEEKS BELIZE!
Black and White Caribbean 

It’s only a few weeks away until my big Belize adventure begins. I’m really looking forward to this shoot, it’s going to be a great trip: 5 lodges, 3 weeks. Stay tuned for live coverage from the field.

YELLOW DOG FLYFISHING ADVENTURES SHOOT
  + Turneffe Flats + Belcampo + Belize River Lodge + El Pescador Lodge + Cay Caulker

SUPPORTERS
  + Hatch – Premium Fly Fishing Reels + Airflo Fishing + Scott Fly Rod Company + Patagonia + TroutHunter Products + DeLorme inReach

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