As our guests prepare to leave comments by all of our Eagle River veterans tell us their trip was the best fishing they have experienced on the river.

One fishing team reported that of the fish that they they landed, they had almost 20% large Salmon.

All of our first time Guests indicate that they a very seriously considering returning next year. This is typical of first time anglers on the river.

This is no surprise to us, as many of our staff who have been on the Eagle for years know what to expect when angling here. That is further evidenced by the amount of fish on the river this year.

With the full moon last night, and the apparent cresting of the river levels, we are confident that our next group of anglers will experience fishing that will meet or exceed their previous trips to the Eagle.

When I asked one of the guests how the fishing was he replied "It's Obscene".

Fish were seen jumping all over the river. Nelson told me that he saw one large salmon jump that he estimated close to the 30 lb (13.5 kg) range. He described the splash made by the fish as similar to "throwing a chair in the river. Water went everywhere."

We all congratulated Nelson on the arrival of he new grandson.

The River continues to rise, and the forecast is calling for the temperatures will do the same. After 3 days of single digit temperatures we are all looking forward to a change in the weather.

As their trip draws to a close, our guests are eager to begin their last day of fishing. I'm sure that they will have great success again; and next week's guests are sure to have an experience at least as good, and maybe even better as the moon becomes full.

Yesterday saw a tremendous increase in the success rate of our anglers.

One of our Guests who has been fishing the Eagle for 20 years says that he has never seen such action. He had what he described as "A Banner Day"

Woodrow (Woody) Lethbridge; Father of Dwight who has guided and fished on the Eagle for many years; figures that it really wouldn't matter where you dropped anchor on the river.

Guests also report that the Grilse that are being caught are larger than those that were being caught earlier in the week.

The rain that persisted most of yesterday has caused the river to rise about 10 cm (4 inches) overnight. This combined with cold weather has lowered the temperature of the river by 2 or 3 degrees.

Here in Labrador we tend to call a fine weather day a "large Labrador day". Well, the weather wasn't the best with very cool north easterly winds and very light drizzle. But this was still our largest day yet with three 20 pounders hooked and released on the river today with one of them a guest from our lodge.

One long time guest to the Eagle River commented that the large fish are the largest on average that he has seen in the 20+ years he has been angling on the river.

Four of our guests had great success on an excursion to the White Bear today. And with water levels stabilizing after a twelve inch rise, anglers have been getting much better action on Eagle today than yesterday.

Our new guide, Vance Curl, is having a great time with his first guests this year. Vance temp-ed for us a week last season and we are pleased to have him back for the 2011 season as a full-time guide.

River levels continue to rise. It looks as if we are in for a wet summer.

The current forecast shows possibility of rain for the next week.

This will keep water levels up for the foreseeable future.

I had the opportunity to accompany a guest in William's Run today. While I was there I did see a lot of fish jumping. I would estimate that during that time a fish would jump about every 5 or 6 minutes.

Although the River was full the catch rates for today were slightly lower than yesterday,...

The River is rising. The rains over the last week has made the river levels rise up by another 6 inches.

That's the good news....The Great news is that the Fish are striking on more than last week.

A couple of our guests went inside Governors and within 1/2 an hour had a double header. What was remarkable about the whole thing was that at that 2 anglers who were fishing outside Governors had a double header very same time.

This is starting to shape up to be another great season.

Rainfall on the Eagle Plateau has brought the level of the river up between 8 and 10 cm over the past couple of days.

This trend will continue according to the Forecast.

Fishing activity has increased with all guests reporting an increase in fish hooked and released.

This is a promising sign for our next group of anglers who are scheculed to arrive tomorrow.

Slow and Steady is the best way to describe fishing on the Eagle so far this season.

Our Guests have seen a constant flow of fish moving upstream; mainly Salmon and small Grilse.

An excursion to White Bear by some of our Guests was very fruitful.

River seems to be holding it's own but did not rise after recent rain activity.

Yesterday we welcomed our first guests for the season.

The staff have been at the Lodge for the past week making preparations for the this years anglers.

River levels are already way lower that last season and the Bathtub is able to be fished already.

Our guests are already catching fish and it looks to be a good year.

Hopefully the river will stay around the current level.

Keep checking the Eagle River Report for updates.

Be sure to check it out on our Fly Box page!