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Spring 2005

Mr. St. Louis with a nice Brook Trout !

GREAT TRAVEL NEWS!

There is an additional new "low fare" carrier connecting 40 destinations on the east coast of the USA with Newark.
Independence Air hubbing out of Washington,Dulles, IAD is now serving 40 cities and adding several more US west coast destinations in the spring.
We have had several flights with these new folks and we find their equipment to be new and clean and the inflight service to be excellent!
We highly recommend that you give them a try, you'll love the "celebrity" flight safety briefings. www.flyi.com.

This means thay you can now connect with that Continental Airlines direct service from
Newark to St.John's from a lot more places!

We now have a north /south flight service into Newfoundland which will eliminate that unnecessary travel through Montreal or Toronto. Those places were never really on the way to here unless you were coming from western Canada. It was just a nuisance to endure between you and some of the world's best Atlantic Salmon fishing.

Now, thanks to Continental Airlines, you have a direct link to Newfoundland through New York (Newark)from over 400 North American departure points.
This new connection will be ideal for booking a trip to North Americas oldest city and then perhaps adding a few fishing days while you are here.

More new airline connections,

Provincial Airlines INTRODUCES ENHANCED SCHEDULE!

Provincials new schedule will see a number of enhancements. New flights from Halifax to Gander.

Our river report:

In 2004, a fall retention of one fish had been added to the Hook & Release season on our river.

We were happy to entertain several new guests from Arizona , Indiana, Ohio and some others from Florida, France, illinois and Mexico in the fall season. Not all fished, but most of those who did caught fish.

We have many good dates for the 2005 season available.

This report brought to you in memory of Otis Gillingham, a longtime businessman, guide and anglers friend.

Reported by Harry Bauld,in hunting guides "Camo". Harry is one of the great guides on staff at Gander River Outfitters Inc.

Based on past experience, we are expecting an excellent fishing season in 2005 due to the fact that Salmon returning this year will be from the stocks of the 2001 and 2002 runs which were quite good.

The Ladies Only fishing week will be offered again in 2005. Dates will be offered on request, so put your group together and give us a call.. Click here to see the ladies week special.

We hope to see you on the river soon.....Lanita Carter, Camp Manager.

Our guest, Bill Wilson of New York, managed to bag this fine Bull Moose on Day 1 of his hunt and spent the remainder of the week becoming well acquainted with the fall Salmon.

Our bookings for 2005 are well ahead of other years and those interested in joining us are advised to book sooner rather than later. Call 1-888-725-6663 Toll Free.

Our fall fishing was also a spectacular success and we are happy to report that we were hooking fish right up to and including the final day of our 2004 season.

Lodge News

Some Recent Events

We have a supply of "Canada's Classic Fishing Lodges" books in our giftshop and on our online shops.

10" x 10", Hardcover, jacket
160 pages, 200 color photographs
ISBN 1550463969
$49.95 CDN
Canadian clients please order from the Gander River Giftshop.

$39.95 US
US clients can order secure online from Woodland Accents.

More Good News on air travel: Several US carriers are now connecting through Halifax to the Provincial Airlines Gander flights.

Continental, Delta and North West and United are now offering some real good rates to Halifax. Some of these flights arrive in time to connect with the new Provincial Airlines and JETSGO flights to Gander.
Besides the option of using points, many people are finding that ticket prices are running about half of what they were when running through Toronto and Montreal. This means better service into Newfoundland in 2005.

We will keep you up dated as more news on these flights becomes available.CanJet will also increase Halifax-Deer Lake service and introduce new non-stop service (Saturdays and Sundays) between Toronto and St. John's in June.

CanJet Airlines will also offer daily non-stop flights between Halifax and Montreal and Halifax and Ottawa.
Call us at 1-888-725-6663 for booking and information.

The lodge 1-709-424-1600 telephone has been disconnected for the season until June 2005.

We are working with a travel agent who has arranged some super seat prices.

Photo from the Somerset NJ Fly Fishing show January 24-26 in the USA.
The interest in Fly Fishing seems stronger than ever and our list of contacts after the shows continues to grow. In light of the troubles in the world, it seems that more people are opting to stay at home in North America this year and plan trips for 2005. & We were happy to see our long time clients and friends and we are looking forward to greeting our new guests this coming season.

Our promo section

Provincial Airways has a new flight to Gander from Halifax.

The Gander is one of only three rivers in Newfoundland open in the fall. Come and enjoy the excellent fishing, meals, accommodations, newfoundland comradery and scenery.

Come and join us on the Gander in 2005 !

Great News!
We have been chosen to be featured in a new book called " Canada's Classic Fishing Lodges". We are pleased to be listed in some very good company and in fact have been selected as one of just 17 lodges to be listed in the book. It is published by Boston Mills Press and we now have some of these books available in our online giftshop.

Since we began our Gander River reports our world has changed a lot. The value of family and time spent together has taken on a whole new meaning. Things that were important aren't and things that weren't important have suddenly moved to the top of the list. On 9-11-01 our small town of Gander and many other towns in Newfoundland became directly involved as 77 large jets showed up at various airports. Gander had 39 jets on the ground and a small town of 15,000 suddenly had 7500 guests.


In true Newfoundland tradition, our people shared what they had and did their best to make the unexpected travelers comfortable and welcome. Some were with us for almost a week. Here is a photo from that day, as you can see, parking was a problem..

Our river report:

In 2003, a fall retention of one fish had been added to the Hook & Release fall season on our river. We have many good dates for the 2005 season available.

This report brought to you in memory of Otis Gillingham, a longtime businessman, guide and anglers friend.

Reported by Ronnie Gillingham, of the guiding staff at Gander River Outfitters Inc.

Our promo section:

The Gander is one of only three rivers in Newfoundland open in the fall. Come and enjoy the excellent fishing, meals, accommodations, Newfoundland comradery and scenery. Email us for dates available!

Come and join us on the Gander!

We hope to see you on the river soon.....Lanita Carter, Camp Manager.

Fish Counts Gander River
2004 27600 *
2003 25000 *
2002 27300 *
2001 23300 *
2000 22448 *
1999 23313
1998 22391
1997 16215
1996 25413
1995 23123
1994 19152
1993 27639
1992 22341