RMF Casting Club
Tuesday Evenings, Fossil Creek Park at 6:00 PM
Hopefully you’ve heard we are trying to get our Casting Club up and running. Thanks to Bob Molzahn and Dave Handshue, and the FTC Parks Department, casting rings or targets were placed in Porter Reservoir at Fossil Creek Park. The targets are in the far southeast end of the lake (see map).
RMFTU, Colorado's only American Casting Association (ACA) club member, has installed nine ACA 30" official casting targets. The casting course is open to the public and is a great place to practice, compete, and teach.
The RMF Casting Club has been holding informal casting competition and practice on Tuesday evenings at 6:00 PM to sunset at Fossil Creek Reservoir Oval Pavilion 5821 S Lemay Ave, Fort Collins. It’s a lot of fun – give it a try! You can also go by yourself anytime during daylight hours. The target rings will be there until we take them out in October before the lake freezes. Do you have an interest in attending and competing? Or just improving your casting skills?
If families come out, the park has a huge grass field for kicking a soccer ball, or fly or spin-casting. There is also a playground and skate park on site.
Remember, no hooks allowed on flies and plugs. Hooks will snag the targets and really mess things up. Just snip off the hook at the bend of any large dry fly and you're good to go. Using a stout 7.5’ leader also helps your accuracy.
Besides your casting rod you may want a light portable chair and bug repellent. Bob will bring some casting plugs and flies - but in the future members should bring their own casting plugs and flies which are available on the ACA website, Walmart, Cabelas, Jax, etc. But again, any high floating fly with no hook will suffice.
If you need more info, please email Bob at molzahn5@comcast.net,
