Nate O Taylor

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Post Carp Slam Platte Experience

September 2, 2011 by n.taylor 3 Comments

The Platte still is giving it up, Drapeau hasn’t forgotten how to fish since living back east, Kendrick is his usual stuff. Carry on.

Nate Taylor Carp

Elitch Gardens Brown Ribbon Fishery

Greg Drapeau Landing Carp

The Fight

Confluence Park Denver

Bridge Fishing

South Platte River Carp

Doubles

Carp Scales

Armor

Greg Drapeau Carp

Still Got It

Filed Under: Fall Tagged With: Carp, Drapeau, Kendrick, The Stank

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

180 Hours

August 19, 2011 by n.taylor 4 Comments

Until the 2011 Carp Slam here in the mile high city. They tell me that the competition prohibits fishing the river starting tonight so we got out for one more scouting mission.

Tyler Kendrick Denver Carp

Kendrick Carp

South Platte River Carp

Last Victim

It was a productive morning, if Tyler and I are fortunate enough to team up together watch out. Between his fishing and my netting nothing can stop us.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gp3bH1gxjA[/youtube]

Filed Under: Summer Tagged With: Carp, Carp Slam, Kendrick, The Stank, Video

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