After the first half of the season being plagued with high water, it is nice to see some of our best pools forming up again. Kinda like seeing old friends! The 'Bathtub' and 'Boulder Field' are just becoming fishable, and some of our favorite places out on the river have been fishing really well.

The group that departed yesterday had a great 5 day trip. 315 fish hooked, and approximately 10% large. It was a week where rookie, Amin, became 'FishAmin'. And there were several double headers....

It's changeover day here at the lodge. Our departing group has had a very mixed week! It started slow with really high water and slow fishing. Mid week we had some scorching hot weather and the water fell significantly and water temps rose as high as 68F. But the last three days fishing really picked up and we have seen a very nice run of our famous maxi-grilse. Beautiful, thick, high weight, 60-63cm fish!! We seen very few last year and were attributing it to high water and late runs, so...

Today is changeover day in camp, and with perfect weather our new group is ready to go on the water! Some of the guys departing and arriving today have been coming back to the Eagle for 30+ years.

Despite high and rising water all week, we had a good time here at camp. 146 fish were hooked over a 5 day period and still a high ratio of large, holding at 80%.

The water is cold! Ranging from 55F to 58F all week. The river has turned to fall today and we're hoping that trend continues as we...

Although our guests were delayed a day by the weather it didn't take long for the fishing action to calm their woes.

They took to the water shortly after their arrival and were quickly rewarded with some classic Eagle River Action.

Our rookie of the group celebrated his 17th Birthday with a nice grilse! We were so happy to be a part of his special day.

Water levels are back up and to where they were last week and it seems as if they may still be rising.

TG

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Despite the high water and wet weather this group has had a very successful 5 days at camp. Over 100 fish hooked since July 4th with approx 80% large salmon. We had one 4th year repeat guest remark the size of the fish and the largest landed was estimated at around 25lbs, with many in 16-20lb range.

The weather is still wet and the river rose a few inches last night. We can only guess at how many fish are moving through with this high cold water, but we figure "'tis a lot!". The water temp averaged 59F for the week. We hope the water cooperates and goes into a steady slow decline. One thing for certain, we have enough water to sustain good water levels for the rest of this season.

So we say so long to the group departing today and look forward to seeing them again, and welcome back a group of familiar faces that we expect will have a great trip!

As Dwight indicated in our last Blog Entry fishing has been tough with our high water levels.

I am very happy to report that our guests are having more success as the water levels begin to drop. Fish are still showing all around the river and our guests are enjoying a higher success rate.

One of our guests was very fortunate to land a gorgeous 12kg (26lb)Salmon yesterday in Lem's Lane. His guide Ron tells us that is the biggest Fish one of his guests has landed since he joined our team.

It was a mixed blessing of sorts because he snapped his new rod in the battle but quickly grabbed the fly line and landed the prize with Ron's assistance.

Congratulations Louis!

TG

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The fishing has been tough with very high water, but, not without some success. We have 4 1/2 rookies (as one guest put it) at the lodge this week and one of them hooked up yesterday. We had several fish hooked today as well. Guides and guests are remarking that they are seeing fish, but they are not holding in the high water. The river level is falling, and we expect fishing to only get better!

The 2017 fishing season is upon us! We have been here on the river for a few weeks now. Doing work on the lodge, and preparing for what we hope to be a great angling season. We have seen a few fish jumping in the river over the last couple of weeks, and tonight we have our first hookup in one of our high water fishing pools. Guide, Theodore, gets bragging rights on the first fish hooked at Pratt Falls Salmon Lodge in 2017. He came with pictures to prove it. And, after having my ear bent...

We left camp the middle of August with a flooded river and hopes of getting back to see if there were fish running in on the Labour Day weekend. Terry and Dave were lucky enough to make it back and the fishing didn't disappoint. They had the whole lower river to themselves and hooked 13 salmon over 3 days, and the sea-run trout were plentiful! The guys reported beautiful fresh silver grilse, and had the pictures to show for it.

The river level and temperatures were excellent, and the boys...

You will notice that we have a bit of a time gap since our last blog entry. Well, that is because there really was not much to report. The rain fall that we experienced on the 5th and 6th led to a week long draught on salmon catching. Just when the action started picking up, the (over) 5ft rise in water was followed by 6 days of not even seeing a salmon. It was the highest water any of us on the river could recollect seeing in August, but on top of the water being high, it was also very...