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The Gracious Victor

August 27, 2012 by n.taylor 2 Comments

Few could foretell what would unfold during Carp Slam 6. Many were confident that the beats around 104th avenue would not only yield fish, but provide us with a clear champion. The fish had moved from downtown they said, all the pods were up north cried the experts. As it happened those northern beats were drawn by some of the best in the business, but at lunch they all had their heads hung low. Raising them only to admire Will Rice and Clint Packo atop the leader board, at one of those southern “downtown” beats.

Despite having to shoulder the weight of one Will Rice, the incumbent champion put on another show and proved that perhaps the man has some mad skillz. Clint Packo and Will Rice had every reason to hoard the limelight, but in a true display of sportsmanship they allowed us to drink from the chalice of victory. Providing us with perhaps just enough luck, to bring it home ourselves next year.

Double Down

I doubled my bets, and had my lady get some extra luck for next year.

I doubled my bets, and had my lady bring some extra luck for next year.

More in depth knowledge of this event (and much better pictures) can be seen over at Alex Landeen’s place.

Filed Under: Summer Tagged With: Carp Slam, Champions Celebration, Will Rice

Carp Slam and Stuff

August 28, 2011 by n.taylor 6 Comments

I met lots of dudes, did some fishing, competed in Carp Slam and didn’t win.


Dude Things

Humble photographic artiste Alex Landeen was in for the festivities with a singular goal of catching a Colorado carp. Mission accomplished, fantastic job Mr. Landeen. I in fact, have the first carp he ever caught filmed on my iPhone for your enjoyment… (P.S. he didn’t actually use oatmeal and crisco)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrNoCBvrd8U[/youtube]


Carp Slam

So I’m sure many of you are wondering why I didn’t win. The easiest thing I could say was that it wasn’t my fault, it was the beat, but then I’d be like every other loser. I had maybe three good shots at tailing fish and missed two of them so yes, I choked a little bit. We also just didn’t see a lot of fish in the first hour of the morning session and really the entire afternoon session. Our poor controller though, we must have walked 10 miles up and down those beats looking for fish. My feet are killing me.

 

 

 

 

 

So yeah we got one fish, 30 inches, which wasn’t bad except that our boy McTage brought out the hammer of death in the afternoon session and walked away with Carp Cup glory this year. I can’t remember but his team had something like 111 inches of carp yesterday which is a serious amount of fish. After a few photographs and about 13 beers he looked extremely excited. I look forward to him commenting on this when his hangover subsides on Tuesday.

Trevor Tanner

McTage

Carp Slam was a total blast and there is no question that I’m signing up next year. The free food and drink were all top notch and the volunteers did a great job with making sure the event went off without a hitch. It is pretty hard to get a bunch of fisherman organized for an engagement that requires adult behavior so for that I must applaud the organizers. Thanks to everyone who helped make this happen, it was a truly unique experience.

Filed Under: Summer Tagged With: Alex Landeen, Carp Slam, Champions Celebration, McTage, The Stank

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