NEWSLETTER - THE 2007 SEASON ON THE EKALUK RIVER

WE ALL ENJOYED YET ANOTHER FANTASTIC SEASON ON THE EKALUK.

We all enjoyed yet another “super season” on the Ekaluk river.
Fishing was fantastic right from “get-go” on opening day August 22nd.
The first week saw six hundred and five fish caught and released.
Huge fish caught by Tommy Ekmark, Gordon Sim and Trevor/Alex Browning.
Big fish also caught by our “anglerette of the week” Sue Mathewson.

The second week - a camp filled with familiar faces;
our South African friends Pat Goss and Peter Rutherfoord, the Hatfield brothers from Vancouver BC, Bill & Billy Britton from Toronto, Don Peters from Florida, Peter Harrison from Port Townsend ...
Total count for the second week was five hundred and seventy-five fish caught and released. Many fish in the sixteen/seventeen pound range.
(Don Peters, Peter Harrison and guide Jack Elofsson landed “monster” fish.)

ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FISH DURING TWO SHORT WEEKS!
(A slightly above average season)

FEEDBACK FROM GUESTS 2007;

The Ekaluk is in it’s own unique league in the world series of freshwater fly fishing. I respectfully suggest you try it at least once before you die. That is if you are up to the challenge of a very special place run by very special people truly up there in the “Land of Beyond" that dream at the gates of the day.
(Click HERE to read article in full)
(Gordon Sim, Lisburn, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland)
www.wherewisemenfish

Many thanks for letting me share your little bit of Paradise!
(Richard Hewitt, Worth, West Sussex, UK.)
www.fishandfly.com

A wonderful experience to tussle with these extremely powerful large Arctic Char in fast water and to experience the pristine Arctic environment...
(Don Peters, Palm Harbour FL - Third time on the Ekaluk river.)

The 2007 trip was my best ever anywhere!
It took about a month for my adrenaline levels to go back to normal.
Thanks again for the privilege of sharing the camp for a week.
Looking forward to next year already.
(Chris Hatfield, Salt Spring Islands, B.C.)

The Ekaluk river is by far the best river on the planet for searun arctic char!
Many many thanks for a most fantastic time. A trip of a life time for an “adventurer” like myself! - 2006.
(Yngve Ask, photographer Scanout A/S Norway).
www.scanout.com

Started slow and ended in heaven. Now spoiled for any other fishing. I'll be back!
(John O Elgee, Wasilla AK).

If I don’t show up next year (again), that means I've expired!
(Peter Harrison, Port Townsend WA).

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THANK YOU ALL.

TOGETHER WITH YOUR FELLOW ANGLERS IN CAMP EKALUK, YOU HAVE SAMPLED A TRULY UNIQUE AND VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN SPORT FISHERY. YOU HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED BY THE SEARUN ARCTIC CHAR, ONE OF THE MOST FORMIDABLE , AND LITTLE KNOWN, FRESH WATER GAME FISHES OF THIS WORLD.

YOU HAVE HAD A BRIEF GLANCE OF THE STARK AND RUGGED BEAUTY OF OUR LAND - NUNAVUT.

IT IS OUR SINCERE HOPE THAT YOU HAVE ALSO GAINED SOME INSIGHT INTO THE LIFE, HISTORY, CULTURE AND TRADITIONAL HERITAGE OF OUR PEOPLE.

IT HAS BEEN OUR PLEASURE AND PRIVILEGE TO HAVE YOU AS GUESTS IN CAMP EKALUK DURING THE 2006 FISHING SEASON. YOU ARE NOW PART OF AN EVER EXTENDING EKALUK RIVER CLAN/FAMILY.

ON BEHALF OF OURSELVES AND OUR STAFF;
THANK YOU FOR COMING. FOR GENEROUS GRATUITIES SHARED WITH OUR STAFF, A SINCERE THANK YOU.

HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON AGAIN.

BILL & JESSIE LYALL,
(Owners, operators).
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