Pro Clint Packo gave amateur, but carp obsessed, Trevor Tanner credit for their victory. “When we switched to Trevor’s McTage’s Trouser Worm we just started knocked ‘em out of the park.”

Trevor said, “Listen, we hooked a lot of fish. We landed 4 of 17 hookups in the afternoon fishing at Confluence Park, just outside of Starbucks and REI.” All the competitors had similar stories. Luke Bever, fishing at 104th Avenue in Valdvere Park was about as far from Starbucks as you can get and lost 3 fish almost in the net before hooking one from the bike path bridge as time was running out. Unlike Clem Rinehart, the Carp Slam Event Chairman and  former competitor, in an identical situation in a previous Carp Slam, Luke had a plan for getting to the water. What he didn’t plan on was falling into the 3 foot drainage ditch hidden by tall grass. As a true competitor he didn’t lose tension in the line and the 22 1/2 inch carp was subdued into the net.

Sabrina Stratford gave the competition a measure of gender balance. Early in the contest  she she scored a 17 3/4 inch rainbow trout near MileHigh Stadium. This fish was undoubtably the same one in the famous photo with Fred Miller. Alas, by some accident Ty Clifton happened upon a 22 inch rainbow in the afternoon in the same mile high beat. Could it have grown 4 1/4 inches over lunch at the Fuel Cafe ? Sabrina lost a monster carp in the afternoon at 104th Avenue which was probably the same carp that Luke Bever hooked under the chin and could not score because of the on-the-lips rule. Next year Sabrina will certainly get more breaks.

For Complete Results of the Carp Slam V – 2011 click here.

For the Carp Slam 2011 Photo Gallery click here.

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Top Ten reasons to enter the

Carp Slam Fly Fishing Contest now !!!

1. If you register now, we’ll send the detailed maps to the 2011 beats, giving you a a long time to practice on both the good beats and the challenging beats.  See who your competitors will be as of the moment you register. You can out fish these turkeys.

2. It gives you plenty of time before the event to help our fund raiser. When you raise $500 from your friends, relatives, ex-wives, and business associates, we will refund your entry fee of $250.

3. You’ll get to learn from a pro for 6 hours. This kind of help would normally cost you at least $400 and you could get it for free (see 2. above).

4. You’ll get a free pass for Evening on the South Platte (a $50 value). You’ll be glad to buy additional spots for your significant other and your mother. It is a good cause ( Improvement of the Urban South Platte River).

5. You can catch these wily fish as well as anyone and the world should know it.

6. You need the notoriety and exposure on fly fishing TV and local news.

7. Where else will you ever use your 7,8 and 9 weight rods?

8. You love the South Platte flowing through Denver and the work of Greenway and Denver Trout Unlimited to improve it.

9. Your friends sitting on the deck at the REI Starbucks will be amazed. They’ll cheer you on. They’ll contribute money to the cause.

10. It is a lot of fun.

Monday, September 13, 2010

Wynkoop Brewery 1634 18^th St.

8:00 pm

This meeting is for anybody interested in helping make The South Platte Pro-Am Carp Slam better.

The Denver TU board is looking for people to get involved.

After our most successful Carp Slam we want to grow and get better.  You can help! Please plan on coming to this meeting.

Please RSVP to Tim Emery at Tim@FishExplorer.com

Saturday Pro-Am

Friday’s draw brought 14 teams into the Pro-Am competition.  Two of those teams were staked by Webmaster Cory Stansbury and a group of boosters, were in the running.  Two time winner Rob Kolanda drew Bill Hanson who was thrust into the limelight when another Carp Slam birth kept Dzifa Glymin out of the event.  A group of returning Colorado guides were itching to unseat Kolanda and prevent a three-peat.

Saturday dawned clear and bright. After check in and an appearance by Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper the teams departed for the river.  With flows at 280 cfs, the fish were harder to find.  To say the carp were “selective” would be an understatement.  All the teams sighted fish, but catching them was another thing altogether.  The morning session ended with a 29” carp caught by Reynolds/Clark in first place and a nice 16” smally taken by Chris Crosby at South Unlimited. Congressman John Salazer and Jeff Shoemaker of Greenway Foundation addressed the crowd over a pasta and sausage lunch on efforts to enhance the metro Platte.  Ashley Grosh presented a check on behalf of Wells Fargo for $6,000 dedicated to restoration projects.

The afternoon session was a challenge.  The team of Luna/Beranto landed a 29” carp to match the winning score.  Lots of alternate species were caught in the south beats. Most of those were smallmouth bass.  The most unique scorecard was reported by the team of Anset and Aaron.  They landed a 16” trout and a Snapping Turtle described as “big”.  I was at a loss as to how to score the amphibian.  Teams repaired to Fuel for BS and general anesthetic.  Music was provided by Gary Morse and the crowd made short work of beers donated by Wynkoop Brewery.  The final results were:

First Place- Phil Beranto (am)/ David Luna (pro) $1,000 Cash

Second Place – Justin Clark (am)/ Barry Reynolds (pro)

Third Place- Tony Kay (am)/ Chris Galvin (pro)

Sunday Open

Sunday’s format allowed two man teams to fish anywhere in the metro area.

Winners of the event were:

First Place- Tyler Kendrick/ David Luna

Second Place – Matt Nery/Kevin Nichols

Third Place- Barry Reynolds/Jake McKittrick