Another great day has passed and tomorrow marks the end of another week! This is our last group going out tomorrow. It is kind of a shame as fresh fish are still coming in and we are still hooking up quite well. We have two guests this week that have little to no experience. And both have had a taste of salmon success. It's great stuff! Which brings us to the photo and some huge congratulations to Cody! Cody is 8 years old and is here on a trip with his Dad that we donated to a Ducks...

The air temps have been pretty exhausting the last couple of weeks with temperatures well into the high 20's and low 30's repeatedly. Bright sunny days have warmed Eagle to 69-70 degrees F. Thankfully there is still a nice bit of water and the fish have plenty of deep holes to hang out in. The challenge is that they are not taking fly very well in this heat and brightness.

Our guests have been hooking up the last few days, but averages are down to around 2-3 hookups a day and it takes the...

Hard to believe but the month of July just passed us by. Today marks the end of another week for us here at the lodge and we say good-bye to what has been a fantastic group of guests. We 'Screeched' in our guests from Quebec and made them honorary Newfoundland and Labradorians, and had a great time putting together film for 'The Newfoundland Sportsman' tv show.

The fishing over the last couple of days has slowed down. Not surprising as water temps during this very hot and bright week hit 70...

Fishing action improved today over the last couple of days. The reports from most of the guides brought in a camp average today of 6-7 fish hooked per guest. And a lot of rises besides. The river temp remains at 67-68 F, and the water level continues to fall. Still high enough for good success in Backriver, but we expect to be fishing the Bathtub pool within a couple of days, possibly tomorrow.

With the results still holding strong and reports of plenty of salmon and grilse still being...

It is incredible how fast river conditions change. In the last week the river has dropped nearly 1/2 a meter, which is good as it was too high for great fishing. But it has also heated up from around 62-63 F to 67.5F today. That, as we all know, is not so good for fly fishing. Fishing action has slowed considerably, but thankfully we are on the Eagle, and we start complaining when our expert anglers only hook 10-12 fish in a day. :)

Every boat in camp hooked fish today, so guests are still...

A great end to the week for us here at Pratt Falls Salmon Lodge. The youngest guest we have had and today she hooked and landed her first salmon! 11 years old, and she had her sister and grandmother to share it with. Congratulations, Helena!!

The action picked up for a while today overall. Yesterday was slow in the heat but today there seemed to be a few more fish on the go and they were taking fly much better. Another first time angler, Piet, hooked two fish today! And our experienced...

The last two days have been a lot of fun around here. Fun for our guides and guests alike. I don't think anything makes the guides happier with their work than when they guide a rookie angler onto their first atlantic salmon. Last night, Rookie guest Louisa hooked and landed not only her first ever, but also her second and third! Not a bad catch rate for a first time angler :). And today her sister, Marie hooked and landed her first and second, pictured here with her first! Pretty awesome...

We welcome a family from Belgium today to Pratt Falls Salmon Lodge. Several of them are repeat guests, however this year the entire group is family ranging in age from 11 to 84! And what a beautiful day to start off their week. It has been a very hot day here on the Eagle, and despite the brightness and heat, as well as this crew being jet lagged...the results have been awesome!

Eagle stopped rising overnight and right now is holding at around 2.55m. It is a high level and makes fishing a...

We say "see ya next year" to our group of diehard repeat offenders. This crew of anglers know the Eagle River 'almost' ;) as well as our guides. And they just had a fantastic week of fishing. It was a high ratio of large fish and the last few days of this week we started to see maxi-grilse arriving.

Rising water conditions usually do not produce good fishing, but despite rising water the action was very good. This group has seen the very best Eagle has to offer and when they walk away...

Well; it has been a busy few days on the river. It seems that the main run of Grilse is starting to arrive as there are a greater percentage of grilse getting caught this week as opposed to last week.

Every day our guides and guests report that they see numerous fish in the river; but; they indicate that they are not going for the fly very well. Some are speculating that it is because the river is up and they are only holding in the pools briefly before continuing upriver to the spawning...