Loveland Fishing Club Blog

The annual dinner will be held at Chilson Center on Friday, Jan. 19, with serving beginning at 5 p.m. Spouses or another guest are welcome at this annual free event, which includes installation of 2018 club officers. Signup information will be distributed beforehand.

Because of the New Year's Day holiday the January board meeting will be held on Tuesday.  All members are welcome.

It's been a long, warm lead-up to winter, but the folks at Lake John are reporting solid ice and good early season fishing.  So Norm Engelbrecht will be leading a crew to the lake west of Walden on Wednesday, Dec. 27, returning Dec. 28. Plans are still tentative; they'll overnight in Walden.  Interested?  Contact Norma at 970-669-4984. 

As always, no formal agenda for the December.  We'll run over the possibilities for club officers, head for the cookies and coffee, and then have our annual gift exchange. Remember, if you want to participate, get something (new) for about 10 bucks, and wrap it up but don't put your name on it.  We have a kind of raffle to decide who gets to pick first.

It's early December, a time when Norm Englebrecht starts getting hungry for Rocky Mountain oysters.  Which means it's time for one of the club's most cherished traditions:  a road trip to Bruce's! Spouses are encouraged to come along on this one; assure them that alternatives meal choices exist, but the big draw is All-You-Can-Eat Oysters.   The plan is to gather at the southeast corner of the King Sooper Parking Lot off Lincoln Avenue and 29th Street at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, and carpool to Bruce's, a half-hour or so northeast of Loveland.  Or just meet us there about noon.  It's a pretty big place, but we make up a pretty large crowd, so let Norm know whether you plan to join us. DIRECTIONS:   Take I-25 to Harmony Road in Fort Collins (38E toward Timnath) and head east about 7 miles to Severance.  Look for Bruce's on the left.  Or take  Colorado 392 through Windsor to U.S. 85, then go north about 4 miles to first street i...

It's been nearly 15 years since charter members got a hat with the Loveland Fishing Club logo.  Most are getting kinda dirty and worn. So get yourself a new one!  George Kral has lined up a local embroiderer to create some flashy new ones.  You have a choice of three styles - one with a bass, a walleye or trout.  Cost is about $25. Contact George as soon as possible - Friday at breakfast, or click here to e-mail him. Here's what they look like (plus the club logo on the front)

That'll be it for the season, folks.  The Horsetooth South Bay ramp and North ramp at Carter will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, except for Thanksgiving.  No definite date has been set for Boyd, where boating remains open seven days a week at least through November.