Loveland Fishing Club Blog

By Bill Prater (A bit more on ultralight fishing)   One quirk of living to an overly ripe old age is, I can probably afford  the 20 bucks needed to buy today’s big old, post-Covid bass plug. But I'll be damned if I’ll do it. And thanks to revolutionary new downsized techniques and a positive attitude toward multi-species fishing, I don’t need to.     Here’s one fishing cliché that does not apply to Northern Colorado: “You need a big bait to catch a big fish.” (You may think of others, like: “ Hey , isn’t it time to put away that warm water stuff and hope for a good hard freeze? ”) But for now, let’ s just talk about fishing with gear that may be smaller and lighter than what you may be comfortable with.    Yes, we’re talking seriously ultralight. Or as enlightened folks now call it, “micro finesse.” Really, the new part is not  really about using ultralight gear. It’s just using ultralight for more than catching pa...

It's a bit out of focus, but Club Vice President Dan Barker clearly hit the jackpot earlier this month with a 21-inch largemouth bass hauled out of Boyd Lake. Dan reports catching the beast off the grass line on the lake's southwest side, sing a white/chartreuse spinner bait with a white trailer. He weighed the old girl at 6 pounds, 1 oz. before releasing her for the rest of us to try to catch next spring. A Colorado Master Angler award for largemouth requires a fish at least 18 inches long.    

  Memorial service for James "Jimmy Giles," the Loveland Fishing Club's 2008 president, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 21 at First United Presbyterian Church, 400 E. 4th St. in Loveland. He passed away on Oct. 11.   He was loved and cherished by many people including: his parents, Ila Giles (Lawson) and Homer Giles; his wife Charlotte; his sons, Timothy and Terry (Gretta); his grandchildren, Sierra, Marcus and Sean; and his sisters, Sharon and Evelyn (Don).   Bohlender Funeral Chapel in Fort Collins is handling arrangements.  

  Memorial service for James "Jimmy" Giles will be held Saturday, Oct. 21 at 11 a.m. at First United Presbyterian Church, 400 E. 4th St. in Loveland. Jimmy taking a little girl fishing during an outing at North Lake Duck Park in 2008.That's John Grady in the background.