Our 6th group of the 2019 salmon season has just departed. They were all new guests that we had not met before. With that comes expectations, and some excitement and anticipation. We pray for good fishing and weather so we can do what we do best and always hope to impress. People think we are in the business of salmon. I guess we are, but we are just as much in the business of people. This group had representation from a few corners of the world with diverse backgrounds and it was a real...

Another happy group has just departed and we welcome a group of all new faces today! We're excited to be introducing them to the Lower Eagle and also excited to have a few rookie anglers amongst them.

Now let's talk about those rookie anglers and last week's rookie, Bill. Never caught an atlantic salmon before. "Hope you're ready for a greenhorn", he said. Somewhat nervous of his skill level I think. Well, Bill proceeded to hook his first one on his first session with Theodore, and...

For a few days this past weekend the fishing was truly stupendous! It is the best we have seen since 2015 and the run does seem to be very healthy. Our guests have been hitting C&R limits, along with a few tagged for home and shore lunches.

Clearly, the abundance of snow on the high ground is having a huge effect on sustaining the river level. It was slowly falling over the weekend and on Monday turned to bump up a few inches over the last couple of days. The fishing also slowed during the...

If there has ever been a year of slow and steady improvement, we think this is it! I guess it is in direct relationship with the slow and steady improvement of water conditions. The certainty is that there are tons of atlantic salmon in this river!

This is changeover day and our departing group has done well hooking up with 100s of salmon and grilse. They are an experienced group and this is their 11th year straight fishing with us. Some of them have been coming to the Eagle for over...

We are saying 'see you later' to our second group of anglers today and they had a wonderful trip! They kept a tally for friendly competition and with 59 fish landed amongst the group for the week, we think that is very good. Considering that the river is still high and about 60% are large fish they did a great job of handling these fish. There would have been a lot of hook ups that didn't make it to a release.

The weather, with the exception of one day was very tough. Very cold for July...

Yesterday was the last day for our first group of 2019 and man o man they made the best of it. Several guides reporting 6-8 hookups per boat and nearly all large. We ended up with a few great snaps and some wonderful stories. Last night it was great to hear that their experience was excellent and they will be back. Hats off to our guides, house staff, and this group of guests who had an awesome attitude as well!

The weather has been pretty good the last couple of days, and the water level continues to go down. It is sitting at around 3.4m today. Still high but more places are becoming fishable pretty much daily.

We welcome a new group today and many of them we know to be great fishermen. The weather is wet but mainly just showers so hopefully the water level continues the downward trend.

Happy July 4th to all of our American guests and friends! We have a couple days of fishing under us now with the current group and things are going well. The fishing has been tough with very high water and absolutely horrendous weather, but that hasn't stopped most of our guests from getting into large salmon, several with multiple hook ups, and yesterday evening some grilse showed up!

The weather is downright rotten. A cold nor'easter has been whipping us with rain, drizzle, fog, and...

Yes, The Eagle River report is on and our game is on for another year here at Pratt Falls Salmon Lodge! We have been testing the waters the last few days and there are some beauty large salmon in the river and while the fishing is not great yet, we have had some blood pumping action! Conditions are tough with few pools formed up due to the very high water, but it is falling fast. Our first full group arrive today and we are excited about that.

We would also like to welcome aboard two new...

Hopefully you are all reading the Atlantic Salmon Journal and enjoying the many columns, adventure articles, science, and conservation work being done by the ASF. Pratt Falls Salmon Lodge is featured in a 6 page adventure travel article in the current 2019 winter issue! Check it out! Call of The Eagle Article

As said many times in our reports over the years, we have a lot of faith in the great fishing that August has to offer here at Pratt Falls Lodge. You not only get good atlantic salmon fishing, but the sea-run brook trout also make a fine addition.

That's August. But maybe it is time to start promoting September a little more!? Last year we had some guests in around the 20th of August that had good success until it rained from the heavens. This year, we just hosted a group of 5 for 3 days...