New Member handout

New Member handout

 Loveland Fishing Club

Who we are:  The club is open to everyone, but meetings and outings take place during the week, and we meet at the Chilson Senior Center. Some of us have fished all our lives, some took up the sport when we retired. If you want to learn, or to teach, this is the place to start. We fish by boat, by float tube, from the bank and in the stream waving a fly rod. Some of us give our catch a little hello and goodbye kiss, and set them free. Others can show you how to fry, bake, pickle, smoke or make sushi out of just about everything that swims.

 

What we do:  This is a fishing club, and our basic purpose is to get together and fish.

Some of us fish three or four times a week, and looking for buddies. 

Others pretty much limit club activities to conversations at our weekly breakfast and monthly

meetings. And that’s okay too. It’s all about fishing, and we interpret that basic mission pretty

broadly. 

 

LFC is affiliated with Loveland Parks & Recreation Foundation, a 501(c)(3)

charitable nonprofit, which means we also do a fair amount of philanthropy and donations

to our volunteer projects are tax deductible. We have a great record of projects related to

improving Larimer County outdoors, and each summer we teach youngsters and

special needs adults how to fish, working with the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Colorado

Division of Wildlife, Loveland Police at their annual kid’s derby, Colorado Youth Outdoors

and Chilson Center. We’re also in our sixth year of a unique “Senior Fishing Derby” open to all

but intended to provide a fun day of fishing for residents of area assisted living centers. 

For more information:  Call a club member, or visit our blog,

http://lovelandfishingclub.blogspot.com/   

Meetings:  

• Regular meetings, Chilson Center, Loveland, 2 p.m. on the 3rd Tuesday of the month

• Board meetings 9 a.m. Monday before the regular meeting

• Fishing Trips: Check the calendar:  https://sites.google.com/site/lovelandfishingclub/

• Friday breakfast/coffee 7:00 a.m. Fridays, Perkins, Loveland  

• Annual meeting is held on the third Tuesday of December at Chilson Center.

2025 Club Officers and other contacts: 

Club e-mail: lovelandfishing@gmail.com

President: Darrell Knight

Vice President:  Dave Johnson

Secretary: Kathleen Barker

Treasurer Ken Kesterke

Parliamentarian/Immediate Past President:  Danny Barker

Government Affairs Liaison: Jim Roode

Membership Liaison: John Gwinnup

Boat Day: Danny Barker

Activities Chair: Vacant

Banner keeper, Dennis Kelsey

Editor, Publicity Chair: Bill Prater

Friends of the Big Thompson: Walt Graul 

Kids Fishing Derby chair:  Bob McHale

Membership Committee: John Gwinnup, Dave Johnson, Jim Visger

Updated: Feb. 12, 2025

 

Blog:  http://lovelandfishingclub.blogspot.com 

Other club basics:

• Membership is $25 a year, $12.50 after June 1, $5 for spouse. Complete new member application and see Treasurer Barbra Ding.

• Guests are welcome at fishing events including overnight trips, but a Guest Release Form is required for participation.  

• Release forms, membership application forms and club bylaws can be found elsewhere on this blog. Or see Barbra Ding.

This document was last updated Feb. 12, 2025