Jul192013
Daily DrakeChubbs DD

Chubbs DDThe beloved Gold #12 Chubby Chernobyl departed this world on July 18, 2013, following a botched hookset along a slow-moving scumline on Wyoming’s North Platte River. Overheard mumbling about “bargain basement” tippets and a “shit knot” YouTubed the night before, the angler at the center of the controversy has yet to be named. The 15-inch brown (maybe 18…) that snapped off this last great bug in a suicidal topwater take also remains deep undercover.

A friend to those in need, Gold #12 was birthed on Oregon’s Deschutes River and following its discovery sparked a frenzy of enamored anglers and trout from west to east. According to its peers, Gold #12 is said to have had a promising future in Olive Drab and Royal Rainbow. The famous fly leaves behind its Chernobyl Ant “life partner” and a litter of rubber-legged, Philippines-based offspring that have yet to sprout synthetic poly wings.

Flyshops across the country confirmed empty bins and unfulfilled orders of Gold #12, as well as news of a small-scale riot after Wednesday night’s TU chapter meeting in Casper.

Tom Bie
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Tom Bie is the founder, editor, and publisher of The Drake. He started the magazine in 1998 as an annual newsprint publication based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He then moved it to Steamboat, Colorado (1999), Boulder, Colorado (2001), and San Clemente, California (2004), as he took jobs as managing editor at Paddler, Senior Editor at Skiing, and Editor-in-Chief at Powder, respectively. Tom and The Drake are now both based in Denver, Colorado, where The Drake is finally all grows up(Swingers, 1996) to a quarterly magazine.

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Tom Bie is the founder, editor, and publisher of The Drake. He started the magazine in 1998 as an annual newsprint publication based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He then moved it to Steamboat, Colorado (1999), Boulder, Colorado (2001), and San Clemente, California (2004), as he took jobs as managing editor at Paddler, Senior Editor at Skiing, and Editor-in-Chief at Powder, respectively. Tom and The Drake are now both based in Denver, Colorado, where The Drake is finally all grows up(Swingers, 1996) to a quarterly magazine.

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