Snoqualmie River, Washington
Steelhead, Rainbow and Coastal Cutthroat photos
All images are by Dave McCoy unless otherwise noted and are all under copyright protection.


EWA staff member Shannon Carroll forming a nice D-loop while steelheading on just below the falls.


Angler hits the water at first light, literally, on an ideal fall morning.


John Baughn battling some tight quarters.


Erik Soper patiently waits for his fly to come around.


Erik Soper slicing for his Snap T.


A section of the Middle Fork we call "The Boulders", about 40 minutes from downtown Seattle.


Another angler with a nice trout on. While the forks of the Snoqualmie attract a lot of attention for trout anglers, the mainstem is better known for steelhead and therefore the trout fishing is left fairly vacant most of the time.


Kevin Hughes with a fish on on the mainstem.


A beautiful specimen of the native rainbows that reside below the falls.


Rod Horner hooking his first ever steelhead.


Rod Horner with his first ever steelhead, he landed this one, not the other!


Steelhead on! Number 4 of 5 that day.


Last run of the day.


Tim Bowen with a very nice rainbow from the lower river.


Remnants of a recently hatched stone fly on the Middle Fork.


Mark Freda fishing the Middle Fork in February.


Lunch is served, grilled garlic, lemon and caper salmon with zuchinni and cous cous. Tasty.


A young angler sight casts to a holding trout.


Brian Paige fishing some pocket water below Snoqualmie Falls.


Snoqualmie Fall at just over 280 feet high.


An angler swinging a fly through a short run before lunch.


Foggy sunrise in the early fall, perfect day for some steel.

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