As a child, Mark Engler had a dream—that one day he’d live this life, hunting and fishing everyday. In order to achieve it, Engler has spent decades in Colorado and New Mexico, devoting his waking hours to catching more fish than anyone and tying some of the most effective flies that Four Corners’ trout have ever seen. Here, Yeti and Talweg Creative catch up with Engler on the water, while introducing us to protégé Les Vance, who’s about to realize that following in Engler’s footsteps may be a rewarding path. But like any dream pursuit, it’s one full of challenges and sacrifices.

 

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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