Loveland Fishing Club Blog

Normally, I'd be questioning your man or womanhood about now, trying to goad you into coming with us for the notorious club ice out visit to the Delaneys, west of Walden. This year, of course, the big worry is not freezing your butt off so much as staying safe and not posing a risk to our Jackson County friends. So you're welcome to come with us, but attendance is not mandatory. Not every Delaney trip ends in victory. Last spring we found lakes still kinda frozen over... Photo by Walt Graul The plan is not to carpool but to caravan, and to make a long day trip of it. Bring your own lunch. Jim Roode and I will meet at the K-Mart parking lot at 6 a.m. and drive up separately. Jim says another angler would be welcome to ride with him "providing you've been using reasonable precautions." I'll just wave at you both from my truck. The plan is to fan out on best available open water in pursuit of big trout. Questions? Click here to drop me a note.

Christine’s backyard in Loveland will be the site of the 10 a.m. Monday, April 27 meeting of the Loveland Fishing Club Board. Christine will have chairs set up to ensure social distancing. If you are a club member planning to attend, call Christine at 970-402-8588 or email her at christinaweiss6@aol.com. Please wear a face mask and bring your own hand sanitizer. ”If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out,” Christina says. “Stay safe!”  

Matt Snider of Fish Explorer has put together an excellent summary of fishing news related to the coronavirus - lake closings, restrictions, etc. Before you go anywhere, you might want to check for updates, as things keep changing. For example, the Forest Service has apparently closed the Red Feather lakes until May 1, citing the virus. Here's the link Rick Palmieri drove up to the Delaneys Wednesday; fishing was slow but open in spots for bank fishing, and there were a few anglers out. Full ice out may be a week or so away. Here's a view of South Delaney from the north :

Limited camping with hard-sided campers will resume Friday for Larimer County residents. For details, click here.

By Bill Prater While many of the club's founding fathers and mothers are still around, frankly they can be a forgetful bunch, and known to stretch the absolute truth in the interests of a a good fishing story. With a little time on our hands these days , let's review the unvarnished history of the first 18 years of the Legendary Loveland Fishing Club . Like one darned project he’s gotten us into after another, the idea for the Loveland Fishing Club hatched in the fertile mind of Tom Miller. The idea for an organized cadre of senior anglers came with Tom from Southern California, where he had been a senior manager of the California parks system until retirement. Rounding up about two dozen like-minded members of the Loveland Chilson Center, Tom and other charter members brought a broad range of life experiences to the club, including enough legal background to write up by-laws and affiliate with Chilson as a charitable nonprofit. Then they started teaching each other how ...