Hookswain
Jacob Sotak, Andy FrakesWhere Current Meets Craft
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 53 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 10 days ago |
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Quartermaster #007
There’s no special formula for what makes a piece of fishing gear worth owning, and sometimes the most interesting discoveries aren’t fishing gear at all.
This time around, we’re covering quite a bit of ground: a nearly fifty-year-old book...
DROP\SHOT: 10.14.26
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I took this photograph on the side of the road in Western Wyoming in 2025.
A wild storm whipped down the eastern side of the Wyoming Range and pinned me and my brother down on the side of the New Fork River.
What had...
Quartermaster #006
It’s long been a dream of mine to pull Andy into Hookswain, and I couldn’t be happier to officially welcome him as a Contributing Editor. Andy brings a wit to Quartermaster that feels right at home, and considerably more style.
I first...
DROP\SHOT: 9.30.26
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Location: Upper Owens River, California
I’m honored to welcome my dear friend and fishing compadre Chris Wright to Hookswain as Contributing Editor. Chris has been published in print and digital publications f...
Right of Way
I haven’t been completely forthright with you.
I wish I could say that the interest I’ve taken in Honey Brook Road and the Wildlife Management Area is purely because I care about the brook trout. Or because I want the State of Vermont to b...
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Jacob Sotak is a storyteller, writer, and editor with work spanning The New York Times, outdoor essays, and fiction. His story 'The Cerulean Trout' earned the 2023 Robert Travel Writing Award's honorable mention.
Writer by trade & occasional journalist. Published poet, forthcoming novelist, bon vivant in pursuit of the vivid life.
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