What Is Carp Slam?
It’s a fly fishing tournament where the finest professional and amateur anglers in the region (and beyond) match wits with the wily and elusive common carp. Carp are one of the most difficult freshwater fish to pursue on fly – meanwhile the urban South Platte River running through downtown Denver is one of the finest carp fisheries in North America.
The purpose of the tournament is to raise money for the reconstruction / rehabilitation of a roughly two mile section of the South Platte River below Chatfield Reservoir.
You’re raising money for what!? Who cooked up this wild scheme?
Actually, the Denver Chapter of Trout Unlimited has been working with the South Suburban Parks and Recreation District for over a year studying how the Carson Nature Center’s reach of the South Platte can be enhanced to support a better native fish population, recreational fishery and riparian habitat. The idea is to turn the South Platte into a real asset for the city and its residents, and momentum is building for this major improvement – local government, state government, and public and private resources are preparing to step in to help.
What do carp have to do with Trout Unlimited and the urban South Platte River?
Well carp are plentiful in the waterway running through downtown Denver, but trout are not – Trout Unlimited wants to change that. Through the upper section’s redevelopment, the South Platte can become a prime trout habitat within minutes of downtown Denver.
How can I help?
In 2008, the project team engaged Ecological Resource Consultants to produce recommendations on how to best restore the river and surrounding riparian habitat in Littleton, CO. Right this moment we need money to complete this study, and soon we’re going to need volunteers to help us implement it.
- Donate
- Volunteer
- Compete
We need avenues for both donations and volunteering available via the handout as well as online. In other words, the back of the handout should be a data collector for both soliciting donations as well as gathering volunteer information. It should allow for instant response as well as provide direction to additional information resources such as the website.
