John McCoy is the Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette’s award-winning outdoors writer. His “Woods & Waters” page appears weekly in the Sports section of the Sunday Gazette-Mail.

In 29 years of outdoors writing, John has had articles published in Field & Stream, Outdoor Life, Bowhunter, North American Whitetail, Hatches and other publications. His works have earned more than 50 state, regional and national awards for writing and photography.

An avid angler who ties his own trout flies and makes his own fishing rods, John also enjoys hunting and photography.