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Montevideo Fiesta Days Celebration Hosts Fishing Clinic

 Jul 30th, 2014 by OutdoorsFIRST 

Modified Jul 30th, 2014 at 12:00 AM

Kuhlmann Real Estate and Casualty Assurance, LTD bring fisherman to town celebration
Montevideo, MN: On June 14thand 15th, the city of Montevideo, MN held its annual town celebration. The hometown of NPAA member Darrell Peters #263 who was joined by NPAA members Curtis Olivier #856, and Chris Lewis #753 to share their fishing passions and experience with the community.

On Saturday morning, they were available to visit and field questions from all ages as part of the fire department activities. In the afternoon, they held an open house Fishing Clinic sponsored by Kuhlmann Real Estate and Casualty Assurance, LTD which was supported with donated fishing combos, water bottles and t-
shirts from the NPAA and numerous gadgets, shirts, knot cards and various other giveaways from Berkley.

While the weather was rainy and dreary, the kids were all smiles as they learned to cast at targets and how to paint jigs. Other community members enjoyed the conversations with many questions for the fisherman and their spouses. Estimated at more than 100 children and 300 locals showed up for the event.

The rains came and went, allowing for a great final day of Montevideo’s Fiesta Days celebration with the Grand Parade, which featured over 130 participants. The only boat in the parade was a huge draw with plenty of “oohs and ahhs” from all ages. Darrell and Chris rode in the boat with their kids to wave, share more t-shirts, water bottles and plenty of candy. The community excitement and involvement made it a great weekend for Darrell, Curtis and Chris to share their passions!