This morning we bid farewell to the first of our guests for this season. They all told us that they had a great time and most of the salmon that they landed were large fish in the 8 - 16 lb range.

Much of yesterday evening they spend socializing to keep out of the cold rain that came in.

This afternoon everything changed. The temperature rose and a smokey haze came over the river. We suspect it is smoke from the forest fires burning to the west of us.

It didn't seem to make a difference...

Well yesterday started out quite well. The guides told us that there appeared to be more fish on the river than they had seen all week.

While fishing the inside of Williams Run a pair of guest had a very exciting double header.

One angler had hooked a salmon and the other hooked into a maxi grilse at the same time. Between the two fish crossing over a couple of times and going under the boat and the quick passing back and forth of rods they had a very exciting experience. Both fish were...

Well yesterday was a fairly good day for our anglers. Many hook-ups again with most being Large Salmon.

Co-owner Mitch Fong arrived yesterday afternoon and had a very productive evening at the Beach fishing to Elephant Rock. He had hooked 4 fish in the 2 or 3 hours before sunset. Early reports this morning suggest that he will have another very successful day today.

He showed me a picture of a beautiful Salmon that he landed which was about 16 lbs (over 7 Kg). I will attempt to post the...

All of our guests have now hooked fish. The landed fish were mostly Salmon, which is normal for this time of the season. From my calculation I estimate that 60 - 70% of the fish that have been hooked were Large fish.

Water levels are slowly going down and we expect that, unless there is a change in the weather, we may be able to fish the Bathtub by the middle of next week. The pools in the river are starting to shape up nicely and the water temperature is optimal at about 63 degrees F (17 degrees C).

With a heavy heart I must also report the Al Nippard who guided on the Lower Eagle for 39 years lost his battle with cancer yesterday.

Well we welcomed our first guests to the camp today. Some returning Guests and some newcomers all happy to be here and excited to begin their Eagle River Adventure.

Our guides were ready for them and put them on fish in short order. Although none of our guests landed fish, most of them hooked up.

I am very confident that they will have more success tomorrow when they have their first full day on the water.

Hello from the Eagle River folks, and welcome to our first report for the 2013 angling season. We moved into camp last Thursday and we have been busy! Busy getting the camp ready after a long winter. And we are ready. A new landing area for those of you visiting by helicopter. A whole new water system...expect even water pressure throughout the camp, and we should never run out with our new system pumping from the river and filtered through sediment filters, UV filters, and Reverse Osmosis...

It won't be long now and we will be back on the Eagle River dancing our flies across the water in the hopes of a fight with the mighty atlantic salmon! We are making preparation for another great year. The Atlantic Salmon Federation has released a new educational video for live release. Please, do your part this year by familiarizing yourself with the techniques outlined in this video. You can retain 4 small salmon (grilse) at our lodge, but we are strong advocates of catch and release and doing it right. Check it out on our Eagle Salmon page here http://www.prattfallslodge.com/home/4

Overall it was a down, up, and down year on the Eagle. Water levels certainly played a huge role in giving us a not so typical year! The Year started with low water, cool temps, and fantastic fishing. Our first two weeks of anglers had great success.

Then it poured from the heavens and while no doubt the rainfall was wanted and saved the river for the rest of the year, it made for some difficult fishing during what would normally be our absolute best weeks of the season. The water rose for...

Things have slowed down quite a bit in the past few days, but Eagle has still been providing some good action for the guests we have in now. The river continues to drop and we are turning to our top pools at Air Force side and Pratts to keep the action going. The flat boating section of the river is very slow. Temps hit the low 70's this week but seems to have cooled a few degrees today from the cool temps last night and cloud cover today. The best action over the weekend was below William's...

WOW! It has been a hot week here on the Eagle. The past three days have hit +30 degrees celcius and we all know that is not good for fishing action. Despite the bright days and hot temps, the Eagle is still producing good numbers. Our guests this week have been averaging 4-5 hooked fish a day. And it seems that the tides are bringing fresh sculls every morning and evening.

2 guests just came in from Diplomats and hooked 7 fish. 3 in 5 minutes so there was some excitement down there! In...