Kyle Druktenis caught a personal-best 27-inch rainbow trout that was 7½ inches around using a muddler fly on Dec. 20, 2025 along the Pecos River. “My buddy took a swim for this one,” he said. “The ...

Fly tying for me is more of a evolution of an idea than a recreation of something tried and true. The motive is always to improve upon the original fly based on how it performs and whether it catches ...