Puget Sound, Washington
Sea-run Cutthroat and Salmon photos
See also Puget Sound Food Form photos
All images are by Dave McCoy unless otherwise noted and are all under copyright protection.


This cutt is in as perfect of condition as possible. Gorgeous fish.


A close-up look at a bed of Sand Dollars in the south Sound. Typically where you find a good number of these, you will find a healthy beach for SRC's.


Roy Dunbar persists as the weather moves in.


Seeing the native blackmouth in the water is one of the most spectacular blends of color and pattern on any fish in the region.


Dawn is ideal time to hit the water in the summer months and not just for the fishing, the sunrises are stunning. Photo Jason Cross


Roy Dunbar on a perfect winter day on a south Seattle beach. Shot in black and white.


An odd specie for the fly rod, a Ratfish taken in the central Sound. Hundreds of them were in just inches of water and a couple feet from shore.


Brian Smith watching bait jump beyond his reach on an evening outgoing tide. Sometimes all you can do is watch.


A blackmouth finessing its way through eel grass on a northern Sound beach. Awesome!


Roy Dunbar in the early AM at Deception Pass Park on north Whidbey Island. During the summer months, this is the BEST time of day to be on the water if possible.


An angler in West Seattle enjoys a pleasant day on the water.


Beautiful cutt taken in the south Sound. Photo Dylan Rose


Brian Smith momentarily pauses to admire the colors over the Olympics.


Roy Dunbar laying a nice cast out down south.


EWA guide Ted McDermott fishing parallel with the shoreline, a practice more anglers need to exercise on many beaches around the Sound.


EWA guide Shannon Carroll fishing near Alki Point on a perfect winter day.


Dan Marshall with nice female cutt from the south Sound in early spring. Photo Dylan Rose


EWA staff member Shannon Carroll with a fish on at a local West Seattle park.


Angler presenting line at a south Whidbey beach.


Roy Dunbar joined under an amazing winter sunset by a near full moon.


Don King releases one of several nice fish this day in December.


Dylan Rose launches one from the boat on a flat out gorgeous day on the Sound in mid January.


Shannon Carroll waiting for the tide to turn.


Roy Dunbar finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.


A healthy cutt resisting release. Photo Chris Ringlee


Full moon descending over the Olympics to start the day.


An angler works a beach in Hood Canal at Belfair State Park.


Good example of a Chum salmons' dog-like teeth.


Roy Dunbar braving the wind in Hood Canal on a winter day.


Dave McCoy(needing a haircut)with an extremely large male cutt from the south Sound. Photo Roy Dunbar


Roy Dunbar awaiting a pull with the Olympics posing behind him.


Donte Quinine and Jim Franks working Joemma Beach from a boat in the late fall.


As beautiful a trout as you will find anywhere, just happens to be in our backyard! Photo Roy Dunbar


An assortment of abused flies from a busy day catching.


Hey Roy, fish on!


A gorgeous start to the day at Joemma Beach in the south Sound.


Dylan Rose of EWA with what anyone fly fishing the Sound would call a pig. Yes he is holding it towards the camera but it also measured 31" by 18", do the math. Taken on a Shock n Awe. Photo Ryan Smith


Brian Smith launching one towards some boiling salmon. Integrated shooting head lines are the only way to go out here. Minimal effort, maximum distance.

Tom Bois of California in the early am at Eglon, yeah baby.


Dave McCoy with a blackmouth from Whidbey Island. See, look at his mouth. Photo Brian Smith


Teresa Bonfiglio working a beach in West Seattle.


Larry Kaster paying one out on a lovely early AM on the south Sound.


At times, bait on the beaches can be so thick, they are often times skewered by you fly when stripping it back to you. On these occasions, it is helpful to take a gander at how your fly should really look compared to the real thing.


An average SRC from the central Sound taken on a surface fly. When the conditions are right, a waking fly can be just as effective as a subsurface, and 5 times as fun.


A driftwood assembled fort overlooking Terry Soos as he fishes across from Vashon Island.


Tom Bois of California with a monster SRC taken on a south Sound Beach.


A nice selection of imitative patterns for the Sound, this would be considered a well stocked box. Flies by Chris West


What we are here for, a beautiful Sea Run Cutthroat.


A peaceful sunset on the Sound in early winter.


Nathan Keen with a fish on near Southworth.


A mixture of shells and sand dollars. Photo Dylan Rose


Cutty ready to leave. Photo Dylan Rose


Arsenal.


Don King says goodbye to his second and nicest fish of the day.


A Great Blue Heron picking off some bait and other food forms.


Fish on!


Bruce Anderson releasing a nice wild coho from the beach. Photo Chris West


Menu.


Chris West with a nice cutty down in the south Sound. Photo Brian O'Keefe


Alex Collier at Penrose Point State Park.


Dave McCoy with a young coho from the north Sound. Photo Chris West


Sun reflection, fish on.


Dylan Rose with a nice bright Pink Salmon from Brown's Point in the south Sound.


John Garland fishing the sunrise at Southworth.


Dead whale on the beach at Whidbey Island in the north Sound.


Luther Birdzell casting at rolling silvers on Whidbey Island in the late summer.


Dusk at the Narrows between Tacoma and Gig Harbor.


Dave McCoy with a nice winter caught cutty. Check out the sea lice on its back. Photo Jared Sabater


Titlow Beach on a perfect morning in the winter. This is an opportune place to launch a small pontoon boat and not end up in Olympia or the ocean.


Dylan Rose with a skinny winter caught cutty.


A nice cast!


Sunrise from the ferry enroute to Whidbey Island.


Perfect day in the south Sound.


Ryan Smith with a nice sized wild resident coho from the south Sound. Photo Donte Quinine


Keeping an eye on you!


Pat Logan with a one of many nice cutts caught this day. Photo Dylan Rose


Chris West and Capt. Keith Robbins heading north in search of anything with fins.


Mike McCoy braving winter conditions for a quick fix.


Huge cutt posing.


Tom Bois searching at Doc's under the Narrows Bridges near Tacoma.


Chris West speaking to a fully attentive crowd at our annual Saltwater Jamboree.


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