As the river keeps dropping to it's best fishing level the number of fish being hooked increases.

The last of our rookie anglers hooked 2 grilse yesterday and anglers had continued success despite the showers that persisted all day.

This was confirmed again before breakfast this morning with one of our anglers landing a couple of the healthiest grilse that I have seen this season. They were truly beautiful fish that were very thick down through.

This group of guests left this morning and we are looking forward to their return again next season.

Tomorrow our next group of anglers arrive and they can expect to have some hot action. Water level and temperature are excellent and there will not be as many anglers on the river competing for the pools.

Water levels continue to fall back to normal levels. The fish are still not holding well, but persistence and perseverance are paying off for most.

The lone experienced angler of the group is having much better success than the others, but this is not unexpected.

Williams Run will soon be fish-able again and Back River is consistent.

Our guests are enjoying the warm weather and many of the younger guests take a dip in the river each day to cool off.

Showers and thundershowers are in the forecast, but hopefully it will not effect the water levels too much.

Today we seen Eagle start to return to the success levels we expect this time of year. While the fishing is still not superb, due to the high water level it is picking up. The camp averaged nearly 3 fish per guest today. Not bad considering it was roughly 7 hours on the water and there are 4 first time anglers in camp! We have been spending our time helping them fine tune their casting skills and it is incredible to see how everyone has improved in just a few days. Rookies are always...

As the water level continues to fall the salmon continue to enter the river.

There are fresh fish coming into the river constantly, but they are not holding very long before they continue up river. It seems that you will only get a few casts over a fish before it leaves the pool and moves further up towards the spawning grounds.

One of our young guests had a memorable experience yesterday while fishing Back River.

He had hooked a nice grilse and was trying to get it into the boat. The fish...

We had a dramatic increase in water level a couple of days ago. The water rose about a foot (30 cm) over a 48 hour period but now it has dropped about 4 inches (10 cm)

With sunny skies for the next couple of days we expect this will continue.

Guides are reporting that they are seeing fish all around the river and we anticipate the action to continue to pick up.

Most of our new guests have landed fish at this point including all of our rookies. We are confident that they will all have fish landed before they leave.

Our guides tell me that they have noticed that a couple of our returning guests have retained the knowledge that they gained from previous trips and it shows in their casting skills. There is a noticeable improvement in both their range and accuracy.

It is not very often that with rising water the fishing improves...but it has! We figure this must be the start of the main run for Eagle because the river was showing a lot of fish this evening. One boat reported hooking three, rising another 5, and seeing at least another dozen or so porpoise and jump in the span of 1 1/2 hours. With water this high and rising, that is some great results! Over the last 24 hours the river has risen about 10-12 inches.

We bid fairwell to our group of...

The river has been slowly dropping back over the past couple of days. This may change as we have had some heavy precipitation. From what we are able to determine it was concentrated mainly along the coast so it may have a minimal effect on the river level.

The number of fish seen in the river has increased quite a bit; but anglers tell me that they are not taking the fly very well.

Yesterday was possibly the best results thus far during the week. The Grisle that we are seeing in the river...

Yesterday was not a typical day on the Eagle. The number of hooked fish is down compared to other years. Our Rookie is still having success and landed the most fish in the camp yesterday. Yes he is still smiling.

One of our anglers hooked a salmon and got a great run and 3 jumps out of it before it slipped the hook. Funny thing about it is that when he looked at the hook he noticed that it was broken possibly by a bad cast 1/2 hour earlier when his fly struck the side of the boat.

When I...

Our next group of guests have arrived and have begun their annual adventure on the Eagle. This group is comprised mainly of veteran anglers who have fished the Eagle for many years.

With them this year is a rookie who has never felt the thrill of having a salmon on the end of their fly line. Well it didn't take long. He didn't start fishing until after lunch and before Dinner he had hooked his first Atlantic Salmon.

He told me that he had always heard about this trip and was anxiously...

The last day for our departing group was a great day! The river is now in healthy condition with cooler water temps and high water. Last night, was productive with good fishing action reported in many pools. "The Slick", "Sandbar", "Broken Rubber", all produced multiple salmon and grilse yesterday evening. Back River is now fishing and the bathtub is nothing but a white foam where our boats were anchored last week!

For a little switch-up yesterday afternoon Dwight took 3 guests out in...