Fishing has not been what we we would typically see on the Eagle this time of year. Don and Larry hooked into 5 fish over the last couple days of their stay, and most of the guests that arrived mid-week have hooked up, but generally the fishing is slow. Yesterday we had a rookie angler land his first fish! That was exciting, and the report from his guide was that he didn't mess around and muscled the fish into the boat in record time!

Jackie and Derrick took a little break from fly fishing...

The last few days fishing has been unseasonably slow. We are still seeing a few fish and our departing guests hooked fish every day, and there have been a few hooked by our new guests today, but fishing is certainly slower than usual for this time of year. Our departing guests had good success at White Bear on Thursday, and we have a group going there for a visit tomorrow.

Lots of talk about the grilse now. We are all wondering if they made a run for it when the water was high and we didn't...

After a brief rise the river seems to have crested and is again continuing to fall. Water temperatures have fallen quite a bit as well.

Our guests continue to have success but it seems slower than normal for this time of year.

Well, I'm not sure if anyone will believe this story or not but it finally happened. We had an angler hook a seal. How or why I don't know. I can only assume that it was pursuing a fish that was rising for a fly and got inadvertently hooked.

Well as you can...

The river had continued it's fall but last evenings rain shower seems to have made a slight difference. Guides reported that they can see a slight change in water levels this morning.

Fishing is good with all boats hooking or releasing fish yesterday. Anglers are reporting lots of rises but not a lot of takes.

Our last group finally got away after a slight weather delay. They had a great time and plan on returning. One angler even posed for us as if he was giving his last Salmon of the trip a farewell kiss.

The river is still falling steadily. Some of the Mid water pools are now wade-able.

The number of fish being caught is down slightly from the past few days, but that doesn't mean that the guests aren't having a great time.

Take a look at this beauty. One of 3 Large Salmon for the day.

Very hot day on the river yesterday. Bathtub and William's Run are fishing. The river continues to fall back.

One of our guests has had some excellent success with dry flies. He landed a beautiful Large Salmon yesterday. As you can tell by the smile on his face he was a very happy angler. Some additional pictures added to Gallery.

Water levels continue to receed and temperatures are up slightly. Fishing is quite good with all anglers having a successful day.

One of our newest guests excitedly told me about a beautiful salmon that he landed. Excellent mentoring by his guide Nelson had him into an large 18lb (8kg) salmon that gave 7 jumps before it was landed, but not before having to pull anchor and getting into slower water. Photo to follow...

Our departing group had a good week of fishing. It started slow with lots of fish sightings, and ended with a couple of good days. Our camp hooked a little over 200 atlantic salmon this week, and about 30% of those were large salmon. The group departing are 'repeat offenders' to the Eagle River and our lodge. Some of them for decades and the Eagle River along with the best service we can offer keeps guests like them coming back year after year.

Our new guests arrived today and so far, have...

The river continues to fall and stay quite cool rising only a few degrees when the sun came out.

Fish were seen all over the river today. Many were reported to be jumping almost acrobatically. Fish still seem reluctant to take a fly.

One of our anglers was relaxing in his boat and his partner yells Fish On. Next thing you know a gorgeous Salmon jumps into the boat hitting him in the leg. Our guide Ron didn't miss a beat quickly swooping the fish from the deck and posing with the angler while his partner was quick enough to capture a picture if the fish before it was released back into the river.

Well the river continues to fall back and the salmon continue to come in. Water temperature is still quite cold 61F {16C).

Fish were seen all over the river yesterday and, although fish are not taking the fly well, the catch rate is up slightly.

I had one angler tell me how he had 3 different fish going after his fly at one point. It took a little bit of patience but he was finally rewarded when he was took into the backing by a beautiful Salmon.