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Dave McCoy can't exactly recall when he was first exposed to fly fishing... too young to remember. His father, both grandfathers and family friends are to be jointly accused. Perusing old photo albums, there are images of Dave with a fly rod in hand while wearing a diaper, if that tells you anything!
Growing up in Eugene, Oregon, his stomping grounds were Crane Prairie, Davis, Hosmer and Gold Lakes, the Deschutes, Nestucca, McKenzie and Umpqua Rivers. He spent a lot of time on other coastal rivers of Oregon as well as many of the other lakes and creeks of the central region.
His passion has catapulted him from the best steelhead fishing in the PNW to the best trout fishing in Colorado and Montana, as well as the pursuit of other species the world around. For the past 18 years, Dave has enjoyed guiding beginners to experts throughout the western US.
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Ryan Smith, originally hails from Oregon, has lived in Colorado, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho. Since the age of 13, after a tug from a large Henry’s Fork rainbow, he has been succumbing to his own fishing addiction. After college in Colorado, he wound up in Northern Montana and has worked, fished and skied his way back to the West Coast. Most recently, Ryan left Ketchum, Idaho after guiding for a local outfitter. Ryan guides full time with Emerald Water Anglers, a local guide service here in Seattle. He has guided on the Sauk, Skykomish, Snoqualmie, Cowlitz, Yakima and in Puget Sound. Ryan works on Saturday in the shop so stop by and introduce yourself. He teaches the Trout Rivers, Trout Tactics class. Ryan is a certified casting instructor through the Federation of Fly Fishing's Certified Casting Program. |
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Dylan Rose, began his fishing love affair bumming around the San Juan islands in the waters off Washington state. His fishing career started rather unglamorously by probing the depths of the saltwater for anything that would bite a tube worm or chunk of herring. Since then he graduated from dock rat to fly fisherman and has been addicted ever since.
These days Dylan can be found fishing northwest waters for summer and winter run steelhead, salmon, trout and sea-run cutthroat in both fresh and saltwater. He says he will always have a special place in his heart for Puget Sound fly fishing and believes that hooking an adult salmon off of a beach with a fly rod is a kin to any angling experience, anywhere.
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