Cowlitz River, Washington
Steelhead and Sea Run Cutthroat photos
All images are by Dave McCoy unless otherwise noted and are all under copyright protection.


One amazing sunset on the river from an overnight trip a few weeks ago. Makes you want to stay on the river every night.


Tom Hainsley lets one go.


Edwin Shih displays one of many nice cutts from the day.


Andrew Bennett, owner of Alaska West and Andros South fly fishing lodges, among others, working his way down a run.


Roy Dunbar casting to some rising cutthroat on the upper river.


Edwin Shih swinging through the last run of the day.


Mike finds himself connected to his first steelhead on a fly and wears his excitement on his sleeve!


Beautiful day on the water for steelheading.


Taking time to swing under a blue summer sky.


Kevin Hughes slicing the water.


Carl Flockerzie, fish on in one of my favorite runs, unfortunately fish gone!


Wendy Hayes patiently swinging her way through a run.


Kevin Hughes putting the heat to a fish. Not really, just readying himself for a Snap-T.


Geoff Roach of Portland laying one out there for consideration.


Kevin Hughes still after the elusive first steelhead on the fly, fishing the upper water of the Cow.


Jim Melnick laying out the first cast of the day.


Pretty Sea Run Cutthroat taken on a skated caddis in the evening. Photo Alex Collier


Torbjorn Andersson from Sweden showing how its done across the pond.


Release.


Dylan Rose with one of several steelhead landed that day.

Secret spot!


Just below Barrier Dam.


Torbjorn Andersson of Sweden with his first ever steelhead.


A nice piece of water below Blue Creek.


Dave Brown with his first ever steelhead. Nice way to break in the new Winston 13'3" spey rod. Photo Torbjorn Andersson


Torbjorn throwing a tight loop.


Tom Campbell with his first ever steelhead, chrome bright.


Barbra Freeman with her first ever steelhead. Photo Don Freeman


Waking a fly at sunset on the lower river, hoping.


John Baughn with a pretty fresh coho salmon.


Dave with a hard fighting little jack steelhead.


Erik Soper with the early morning fog on the water.


Shaun Breese with a colorful cutty.


Dylan Rose with Kevin Hughes working on perfecting the spey cast.


Kevin Hughes making a good effort. Photo Dylan Rose

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