What a last week and half its been for all of us here at Duncanby. Our weather while sunny had been windy but we are pleased to report that the winds have left and fishing is really starting to improve. My favourite thing about Duncanby life is the special people and experiences we all get to share together. We were very pleased to play a small part in the first annual Canadian Tire Jump Start Derby that raised $30,000 last week here at Duncanby. What a great group of Guys your independent Canadian Tire Store owners are. This week we has The Driving Force Softball Champs in and what a group of quality people these guys are. They presented me with a 3500.00 Donation to my 15 year employee Matty who is battling cancer. It was a very emotional moment and not a dry eye was in the house. Well its change over day today so I best get back to work.

Hello All Friends of Duncanby Bump up to channel 08. Sorry for my lack of updates over the last few months I promise to send an update every week from here on. A lot has happened over these last few months my Mom passed away on May 27th. Leigh Mike and I spent 3 amazing months with her and we will all forever cherish the special time we shared with Mom at the end of her time. Mom will always be with us and we only have happy thoughts of her. As many of you know my Best Friend Mike Cassidy had Cystic Fibrosis and was on the Lung Transplant list. Mikes 46 year battle with CF ended on June 17th. Mike loved Duncanby and the lounge has been renamed Mikey’s place in his honor. I am so lucky to have had these 2 people in my life. I have spent most of my time since opening day with the exception of Sydney’s graduation at the lodge. And now more than ever I am even more grateful for Duncanby and the special place it is. We have had fabulous guest’s join us for the start of the season I and the crew have had a blast seeing old and making new friends and sharing some unbelievable experiences. Its such an honor to play a small part in making lasting memories for family and friends. Fishing and the weather have had a few challenging days but everyone is catching fish and the weather has always managed to shine at least a little bit. Well its time to go as Im heading for the Float plane to fly back to Duncanby today and make Milk Shakes tonight. Oh I should mention your all going to Love the direct flights. 1 hour and 30 minutes and your there its awesome. Team Duncanby looks forward to seeing you soon. Ocean Whaler Standing by on 06

Hello once again all. We are fully open and operational. The boats are out fishing as I write. Yesterday was arguably the best day of fishing we have had all year, with lots of nice Chinook, Halibut and Cod. Weather has been calm and rainy, although it is dry out as I look out the window right now. Our first wave of guests came in on our new airline: sea air. We would like to thank Sea Air for giving us the quickest and best service we have ever received. Our next wave of guests come in on Saturday. Starting with that trip we are sold out until September 4th. We would like to thank you all for your continued support and we look forward to getting you out on the water. 40lbs is now the largest Chinook caught this season. It was caught by Marcel Tousoingant with his guide Volkswagen. This is VW’s first year as a guide and has already set a nice bench mark for largest guided fish. Volkswagen was almost as excited as his guests when he hung that hog up on the scale. In fact, I don’t think he slept last night. He stayed up all night sharpening hooks and waiting for his charter again today. 40lbs is a nice fish for this time of year. We often see lots of 30+lbers but to see a 40lber right now is a great sign of things to come. So pack your bags and mark your departure date on the calendar. We will be waiting for you when you get off the plane. See you soon! Team Duncanby

Hello to all, our apologies for not updating the “this week” in a while. Things have been go go go for us lately. Our first crew is heading up to the lodge for the summer today. Strong winds might make for a bumpy ride, but our boys can take it. Logy and Volkswagan are leading the way as I write this. Franchise, mack attack and chopsticks will be following suit on the 13th of this month. The big barge is on its way today. This will bring us everything we need to finish pre season construction and stock the cupboards for the season. Bait and fishing equipment too of course.... If you have not booked your Duncanby trip yet, you have better pick a date soon. June 22 and September 4th are our last 2 trips with availability. And they are almost full too. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all who have chosen to take part in the Duncanby experience with us this year. We can’t wait to put you on some fish! I would also like to mention our new freshwater tours at Duncanby. Guests can now have a guide take them deep into the hidden inlets of our prestige landscape where we will walk river beds and fish untouched pools. We also offer day excursions where we will hike belly boats into Stillwater lakes and cast flies or lures. By my count, there are some 20 days, 14hrs and 4 minutes until opening day. I know I speak for all when I say it can’t get here fast enough. If anyone has any questions about the upcoming season please feel free to call or email any time. We look forward to seeing you all soon. Sincerely, Corey (franchise) Gordon

Hello all friends of Duncanby. We have put a few new Photo’s on this week from the Olympics. Leigh and I were thrilled to share this special time with the Kids and many of our friends. We loved every minute of it being proud Canadians. Thanks to my many American friends on the positive comments on The Job our City , Province and Country did. We have ordered 3 new flag pole’s for the pier and will proudly be flying the Canadian, US and flags of our visiting guests from other countries this year. Oh and for the many female fans of our Mogily there is a great picture of Ben in his new uniform. As I sit at our kitchen writing my thoughts after spending the day with Leigh, Logie Franchise and dozens of Duncanby Friends at the local sportsman show its all I can do not to just head for the lodge now. As mentioned in recent this weeks our bookings are beyond our wildest dreams. It heartens me as you know Duncanby is a passion for my family and we are thrilled to have you all share it with us. When we started on this adventure 6 seasons ago Duncanby was a special place that we just wanted to make better without ever losing that feeling of being in that special place. A very large part of our success is the word of mouth advertising that the friends of Duncanby have done for us. We thank you and can’t wait to see you on the dock. For returning friends don’t forget that we have changed our flights. We now fly NON STOP DIRECT to Duncanby from the Float Plane terminal at YVR with Seair we also have FREE parking at the Seair facility. We will miss our friends in Port Hardy but we won’t miss the weather delays. This direct travel will take only 90 minutes from Vancouver to the Dock at Duncanby. We also now fly on Tuesday’s and Saturday’s flight leaving Vancouver at noon and returning at 4 pm. Asiah (or as I call her Sophia) will be sending you detailed instructions and reminders. NOW FOR OUR MANY MALE FRIENDS OF DUNCANBY REPEAT AFTER ME. WE FLY DIRECT FROM VANCOUVER AND DON’T GO TO PORT HARDY ANYMORE. For those of you who haven’t booked your trip for 2010 take a look at the bookings page and your Duncanby Calendar and grab one of the few remaining spots. The crew would love to see you, and yes most of our crew from last year will be joining us again this season along with a few new additions to the Team many of which are not new to Duncanby just new to working there. I don’t think we have ever had a kid at Duncanby that didn’t tell me he wanted to work there some day. We have added several extra crew spots this year to better serve you on the dock, water and your entire Duncanby Difference Experience.

Hello Duncanby subscribers. What a beautiful day out here on the sunshine coast of British Columbia. The sun is gleaming, the birds are chirping, and the countdown grows closer to opening day for Duncanby 2010. I would like to take a second if I may to cheer on our Canadian men’s ice hockey team. After a few up and down games we have found our stride, with a good old fashion beating of our Russian friends and teammates. You know what they say in Canadian ice hockey: gold is the only medal. So I know you are all eager to know how the lodge is doing. GM Dave Logan is up there as we speak, tying up a few loose ends and getting started on some of our new improvements at the lodge. If you know Duncanby, we don’t like to go an entire offseason without at least a few new upgrades. After all, there is always room for improvement. Although at Duncanby it can sometimes be hard to find places that need it. We have just returned from our USA trade show circuit. We met some new friends and seen even more old ones. Thank you to all who took the time to say hello. It began with a 2 week road trip to California. We were excited to escape to the warmth, only to find ourselves amongst one of Cali’s largest storms in recent history. Needless to say we didn’t get to play as much golf as we had hoped. Next our tour took us to Washington, where we spent a week. Then back down to Portland Oregon. We are now spending the next week on our computers only to return to Abbotsford, Edmonton, and Toronto. If you would like to visit at one of the remaining shows, please do! Give me a call and I would be glad to leave you some tickets at will call. The shows have been good to us, but even better has been word of mouth. Everyone has now heard of Duncanby, and what makes us the best lodge on the coast. We are almost sold out for 2010. I can’t believe it, we are almost 90 percent full of eager fishermen. We have a hand full of dates available, and I can guarantee you, they won’t last long. August is sold out completely; we couldn’t fit another booking in there if we tried. July is almost the same. Don’t be sceptical of our remaining dates. My favourite time to fish for Chinook is late June early July. We get our highest frequency of Chinook at this time, no question. And better yet, we are the only lodge open at that time. Imagine slaying springs at the wall and being the only boat! That is what it’s all about. I’d better get back to work; I have a list a mile long of people to call who want to know more about Duncanby Lodge in legendary Rivers Inlet. I look forward to seeing you all there this summer. Sincerely, The Franchise

Hello all its been a bit since my last report. Happy new year to all of you. We have tons of stuff to report. 2010 is going to be a great year for all us. I see many signs of an improving economy. Our bookings are so far ahead of last year its amazing. The reports for Chinook and Coho returns to Rivers Inlet for 2010 are the best I have ever seen. Those of you lucky enough to have been with us at Duncanby last season know how great a year it was. And 2010 at Duncanby in world famous Rivers Inlet is going to be even better. Logie , Franchise and Ryebone are on the show tour as we speak they will be in Puyallup this week and like San Mateo and Sacramento they look forward to seeing old and making some new friends. We are having a draw for a free trip for 2 at each show. We are very pleased to report the addition of a 26’ Grady White to the fleet and to say the Franchise is excited about his new boat would be a bit of an understatement. Stoked, Pumped, awesome, rad, narly and various other words that the younger set use would apply. As always our planning for next season is well under way we will have some great suprizes for you when you arrive at the dock this season. Our Pal Rod Pybus has built us a new Scale that is simply fantastic . I cant wait to have my picture taken in front of it. We have a full stock of Duncanby Gear waiting for you with some great new additions and more to come. If you can’t wait till your trip we have free shipping on the on line Ocean Whaler Store. We at Duncanby consider ourselves to be very lucky people for all that we have and to have Duncanby as part of our lives. As always we have donated many trips to fundraise for many great cause’s such as Cystic Fibrosis, Alzheimer’s, Center for Child Development, ALS, Hospitals, Sunshine Dreams for Kids University’s and Schools and many other great causes thanks to those of you who have purchased these trips in support of our communities. We have also started a program that we hope to make an annual event. Its called Hooks for High School and you can check it out on the Duncanby web site. We have 27 trips available on the June 26-29th Trip 100% of every Dollar paid will be donated to fund High school sports programs in need. THAT’S 100% EVERYONE Duncanby will not keep one penny of this money. As we are all aware hard times have hit many of us our family and friends. This has resulted in fewer dollars available for High school sports and many other things the kids need. I assure you that your dollars will go to great use I the schools and communities that need it most. Well its time to get back to work tight lines and keep your tip up.

Hello all. This is my first “Duncanby this week” posting and I am not going to lie, I have been eagerly waiting for this day. If you haven’t already heard I am the new sales manager for the lodge. I am doing my best to spread the word and share the magic and beauty that I have been fortunate enough to experience for the last 5 years. But enough about me...... if you haven’t had an email or a phone call from me yet, no need to worry, it is on its way. As you all know, last summer’s fishing was PHENOMINAL. It turns out that man is smart enough to fix some of his wrong doings. Some great hatchery programs, regulations and cut backs in commercial fishing were the recipe for success. I am sure it is already in your mind but if you haven’t booked for next season yet you’d better get your reservation in. Most of our prime dates are already almost sold out. I guess because everyone limited out last year, they want to make sure they will be back. Sales are flying. Check out the online store. We are having a blow out sale on last year’s stock. There are only a few of each item left so don’t wait to use up those Duncanby bucks. What says merry Christmas more than a Duncanby tie die? It’s been all systems go for Dave loggy and me. We are working at getting things ready again for next season. Revamping the boats is one of many things on our long list. We are currently working on a new Duncanby Calendar that should be ready soon.....and sorry Sid..... You didn’t make the centerfold. The lodge is still in good shape; Dunnage has been on top of the caretaking as usual. Dave and Volkswagen were up at Duncanby last week doing some final preparations for winter and got into a good bite right in the bay. But they weren’t catching salmon, they were hooking 4 foot squid. Literally thousands of these things were hitting spoons, buzz bombs and even flies. There were so many they were washing up on shore. Our care taker Dunnage is working with some biologists to find out more about this phenomenon and we will keep you up to date when we know more. Needless to say, calamari will be the special for most of next season....JJ. I have been working hard on our website lately. I have revamped the fishing section as well as the activities section. And best of all I have added a new video section with tons of unreal footage from last year. There is some cool stuff on there so if you haven’t had a look yet check it out. My tackle box and rods are all tucked away for the winter. Other than a little trout fishing to get my fix I am saving it all for 2010. If you would like to talk fishing I am always available so don’t hesitate to call or email. My advice to you is to start working out your reeling arms now, you’re going to need it come the 2010 fishing season. Tight lines and keep your tip up, The Franchise

I hope you are well. We are officially completely shut down up at the Lodge. Logie and the boys drove the guide boats to Powell River after they finished packing everything away. Care Taker Rick Dunn is in place and watching over Duncanby with the love we all have for it. I need to make a correction from last report I missed mentioning Kristal and it was a mistake on my part to have not recognized here. Kristal did a great job as our chambermaid, greeter and all round backup go to person. The Dock was always just a little more beautiful when Kristal was there. While the lodge is closed we certainly are not just sitting around playing video games. We have big plans this year. We will be refitting all of our guide boats with new seats and whatever else they need. We will be doing the same with the non guided boats and all will be ready to go and look like new for June 19th 2010. A new sewage treatment system will be installed that will be state of the art. Two more Fuel tanks, A new dock, and expanded fish shack and float, we will be making some renovations to the lounge and gift shop area and adding a boat lift and repair area as well. Our show schedule is now posted on the website and I am pleased to report the Rye Bone and Volkswagon will be joining Logie and Franchise at several of the shows. I will do my best to make an appearance or 2 along the way with Leigh. As already announced our 2010 Schedule is posted and we are booking trip now. The Franchise is doing a fabulous job and will be contacting each and everyone of you “ the next best thing to fishing is talking about fishing”. We have an early booking special with our Duncanby Bucks which can be used on line at the Ocean Whaler store or next year at the lodge for gear or the adult beverages of your choice. Speaking of the Ocean Whaler store we are having a huge sale on last years clothing and are in the process of getting a ton of new items that would make awesome Christmas Gifts. Your Gona love the new Tie Dye Hat . We are thrilled that our friends from Nice Fish will be airing 7 days a week on CHECK TV Victoria as well as on WFN. As always we are working on our website and making improvements and trying to keep it up to date check out the recipe section its got many of your favorite Duncanby meals and also some recipes for cooking your fish. Many of the sections have or will be redone and re written shortly Franchise just did the fishing section and its great. We are very excited about our new offering of fly fishing and are going to have a trip dedicated to the fly and light tackle spin casting. Franchise will have more to report on that and many other things soon.

What a difference a year makes. Fishing is absolutely fantastic. It has been so good we ran out of Tyee Hats, Fish Boxes and labels. But rest easy all, I am on my way back in tomorrow with a fresh supply. I want to thank all of the friends of Duncanby for their support over the last few weeks. We like many other businesses were way down in our bookings this season. When fishing and the weather just kept getting better a great many of my Duncanby friends came through and started booking trips or passing on their recommendations to others. We are now almost completely sold out. We do have a few spots on some prime dates. Check out the website for the current pictures and read the testimonial’s page and give me a call or send me an e mail and we will get you up to Duncanby this year. I have mentioned the outstanding crew we have at the Lodge this season. But I haven’t properly recognized Asiah our Lady that handles the bookings and a million other things back home and Chris Wu our website guy. They both do an outstanding job keeping up with my and Leigh’s requests and we thank them. I can’t believe how many of you check out the website regularly and tell me about it or that its your home page at home or at work. We had Asiah up on her first ever trip this week and she is a natural Fisher Person landing several nice fish and much to our pleasure releasing way more than she kept. I can honestly say I have never had a person shed Tears of emotion on the Ocean Whaler when they caught a fish like my friend Asiah, it was a pleasure for Leigh and I to spend some Duncanby Time with her and several other of our Ocean Trailer Family and Friends along with new Friends of Duncanby and a crew of my child hood pals. Asiah even had Logie gently releasing Turbot while Hali Fishing. When we first started out on our Duncanby life 5 years ago I had a plan to make Duncanby different than your standard lodge experience. I knew it would work and now that our fishing is back our future looks as fabulous as a Duncanby Sunset. We continue to invest in the lodge and our equipment each year and promise to continue with that. The addition of guides we now have 6 guide boats, the GPS units for safety and finding the hot spots, the down riggers have all added to the Duncanby Difference. You are a welcome guest in a friends home when you are at Duncanby. Leigh , Logie the Crew and I would like to thank all that have been there with us this season to share a few special moments or just a good laugh. And we all look forward to the trips yet to come. I am on my way back in tomorrow and I can’t wait. Oh and a special congratulations to my friend Don Coe who won the Tyee Derby this past week. Don you are a friend and I treasure the time we spend together. The best lady Fisherperson I know Kathy Feroglia was up for her second trip this season and is our newest member of the Tyee club. Plus she brought Jessie a new bed, ball, and bandana. Kathy landed and released over a dozen Chinooks looking for that first Tyee and it was a thrill to present her with the hat and pin and welcome her to the Club.

Hello all Leigh and I have just returned from another great trip and cant wait to get back up. Last week was absolutely fantastic with the best fishing we have ever had and weather that was good to great everyday. Almost all of our guests flew home with limits of Chinook, Coho, Halibut and a variety of rock fish. We have had so many Tyee’s that we had to order more Hats. The Coho are approaching 10 lbs and will continue to add a pound per week so there are going to be some monster Coho in August. Besides our end of season Coho Derby (only 4 spots left on it) we have a 10,000 cash prize for the first Coho Caught by a Duncanby guest that weighs 26 lbs or more on any trip this season. Our Tyee Derby is July 19th we are all totally pumped about this trip this year as we have had more Chinooks in our first 3 weeks than we had all of last year. There are still 4 spots left for the Tyee derby with a 10,000 cash prize for the largest Chinook caught by a Duncanby guest. Give me a buzz if you would like to grab these last 4 spots. Last week was very special for many things other than the great fishing. We had old friends back along with some new. We had families and Couples fishing and sharing special moments with our Team. Happy Anniversary Shawn and Annie. A special hello to my Friend Adam you are awesome and I can’t wait to hear about your travels representing Canada in swimming. And a huge thanks to my other new and old friends on both trips last week you were all pArt of some special memories for The Crew and Leigh and I. Leigh and I got to spend a few days fishing and just hanging out and we loved it. And I am pleased to report that after a few more practice days we will probably have our first Lady Guide. She can now run the gear, cut bait, tie leaders we just need to get a stool to stand on so she can see when driving. This week is off to a roaring start we have Gary Cooper and his 9 year old Grandson Dylan at Duncanby filming shows for next year. Dylan got his first ever Tyee on the first afternoon and several other nice fish with the FRANCHISE. Gary was fishing with Logie and on day 2 had an epic day on the Fly Rods landing 2 Tyee’s and several 25 plus pounders. Trust m I wish I was there and its all I can do to not jump on the next flight up but as the Kids always say to me THE REAL WORLD NEEDS ME TO. We have been so busy since getting back on Sunday that we haven’t got all of last week’s pictures posted but will have it done shortly. In closing I would like to thank all of the friends of Duncanby for their support this season and a large reason for me being back in Town a fair bit so far has been the need to sell some trips. The response I have had from calls to many of you has been fantastic and I have enjoyed our chats and laughs. We do have a few prime season dates left on a few trip’s but we have a very special deal for Aug 2-6 Trip call or e mail me if you would like to share the Duncanby Difference with us and a special friend or family member. We are very proud of the fact that Duncanby is a special place where the young, Young at Heart and all people are welcome.

Hello all just a quick this week today. You will all notice the new pictures on this week. They are being taken by our caretaker Rick Dunn who is the handsome fella wearing the Canucks Jersey in a few of the pictures . Rick spends the entire offseason watching over our Duncanby and is very much a part of Team Duncanby. Rick will be taking pictures every week of our progress getting ready for opening day . The eagle you see in these shots is Ricks pal Edie who spends every offseason with Rick. For those that have never seen Duncanby in the off season don’t worry we will have the docks towed back and placed very soon. Logie and the boys have been very busy getting everything ready for our 2010 season as opening day can’t come soon enough for us. You would not believe the amount of work that goes into getting ready for the season. But it’s a labour of love. For those that haven’t booked there trip this year we only have 3 trips with limited space left give Franchise or Charlie a call and they will get you booked. Now that were in the home stretch there will be a Duncanby this week every week from now on.

Well its only 73 more sleeps till opening day. We are so excited about our 2010 season and seeing you all soon. As said in previous this weeks our bookings for this year are unbelievable we only have 4 trips with very limited space on them left. So if you haven’t booked already or are thinking that another trip is a good idea take a look at your Duncanby calendar and give the Franchise a buzz. Our plans and work getting ready for this season are well under way. We have 2 new floats going in as well as improvements to our fuel, fish and equipment storage facilities as well as a new and improved maintenance area. Logie and the boys are getting the boats polished and ready to spend another summer exploring all of the great spots. We are excited to introduce my youngest brother Charlie Keay as the newest member of Team Duncanby. Char will be taking over the administration and doing the airport meet and greet this year. My friend Asiah has moved on to further the use of her accounting degree. We wish her well and will miss her. I am very pleased to report that we have most of our crew coming back along with some great new Team members along with the return of Teena is a server /hostess role which she and us are thrilled about. We ll its time to sign off for now.