Lodge of Opportunity

other meetings held at various venues in other Provinces

1st Tuesday February (Installation)
1st Tuesday May
1st Tuesday July
1st Tuesday October

Secretary:
Warren Singer, 22 Edgwarebury Gardens, Edgware, Middx HA8 8LN
Email: bigwol2002@aol.com
Tel: 0208 9528 7652

Lodge History
. . . and the Connection With the Masonic Trout and Salmon Fishing Club

The MTSFC is now a Registered Charity but was first set up by a few fly fishing Masons to take disabled and disadvantaged children on days out to enjoy a fishing and countryside experience.  You can get more information on the Club, which is now a Registered Charity with the Pro Grand Master as Patron, by visiting their website on www.mtsfc.co.uk.  It was intended from the outset that the MTSFC's activities should be totally inter-provincial and the aim was always to spread the word to other areas. Physical and mental disabilities observe no boundaries – so why should the endeavours of the MTSFC?

So it was after discussions in the club’s management committee, that the idea of forming a new lodge formed.  This was considered to be an ideal vehicle to spread the word of the club’s positive contribution not just to the community but also to other freemasons.  As with the club, the idea of the new lodge was to be inter-provincial and that it would be able to travel to any Province where an interest had been expressed in the club’s activities.  In this way it would raise awareness in that Province and encourage them to organise their own events, thereby spreading the word of this ideal opportunity for freemasonry to be a real part of the community.


In no time at all there were over 30 masons keen and eager to become founders of this ‘new concept’ of a Masonic Lodge, 'A Lodge with a Purpose'.  The Provincial Grand Secretary for Hertfordshire was quick to offer his support and very kindly gave his time and experience to guide us through the details and procedures which would have to be undertaken along with John Clark as the Founding Secretary.

Thus the Lodge of Opportunity was formed and the idea is already catching on fast.  The 30 founders became 34 and with a new Initiates at every meeting and several Joining members the Lodge and the idea is surely guaranteed to be successful.  We certainly hope so.
Future meetings of the Lodge will be held in wherever in the country an interest is shown and the plan is to invite as many Masonic fishermen and other interested parties as possible to introduce them to the concept of the Masonic Trout and Salmon Fishing Club.  In this way it is hoped to introduce the fishing and countryside experience to many more people, both young and old, throughout the country.

Explanation of Lodge Badge

The badge has been designed to represent the link between Freemasonry and The  Masonic Trout and Salmon Flyfishing Club.

In the centre is the logo of the Club, showing a leaping Rainbow Trout against a blue sky and a sun indicating that the Club brings happier times to those less fortunate than ourselves by introducing them to the sport of fishing.  The initials of the club ‘MTSFC’ emphasises the Lodge’s connection with the Club, where the founders of the Lodge came from and the intention of the lodge to promote the work of the Club in Masonic circles.

Over the Club badge is the slogan ‘In the Face of Adversity’, which has been modified from the Club’s slogan, ‘Fishing In The Face of Adversity’, to indicate that the Lodge will work in bringing ‘Opportunities’ to all those who may be in need.

This is surrounded by arched trout fishing rods with the lines suspending the Masonic logo representing the roots of the Club and the lodge which came from a group of Masonic Flyfishermen who formulated the concept of bringing an interactive flyfishing and countryside experience to physically and mentally disabled people.