By Kirk Deeter

What do fishing writers and photographers do when they are looking for a little offbeat excitement?

Simple. Charter a hot-pink, mini, Hindu-themed school bus, load it with a couple of coolers, throw in the fly rods, and spend a 95-degree Saturday bombing around urban Denver fishing for carp. Hunter S. Thompson would have been proud. We not only fished the Dirty South Platte River, but also several secret industrial spillways, golf course ponds, and other waterways I was told I could not list here due to the threat of possible retroactive misdemeanor charges.

The "Carpe Diem 2010 South Platte Invitational" indeed went off without any major glitches, although, after wet-wading in some of those spots, I went home and soaked my feet in Bactine, then checked my immunization record.

I will say that I am particularly proud of having knocked another challenge off my Don Quixote list... the latest windmill to fall was a common carp I managed to land on a Spey Rod, using a double glo-bug steelhead pattern.  Not sure if that's a first, but it might be.

Thank you Will Rice. You may also want to check out reports from our esteemed colleagues at www.busterwantstofish.com  (Bruce Smithhammer), www.michaelgracie.com,  (Gracie), www.drakemag.com  (Geoff Mueller), and www.fishexplorer.com  (Rice). --Deeter

Comments (8)

from buckhunter wrote 2 years 43 weeks ago

"For just pennies a day you can help these men live a normal life... Donate now."

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from uplander12 wrote 2 years 43 weeks ago

Carpe the Diem: Sieze the Carp!

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from ckRich wrote 2 years 43 weeks ago

Nice one buckhunter. I don't have any spare change at the moment, but I'd be more than willing to move up there and donate my time...

And I'm not above dragging the cooler or being designated Beer Betty....

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from Koldkut wrote 2 years 43 weeks ago

Nice getup! Without knowing the setup, I'd have laughed my butt off and thought a few phrases that go along with the types of folks who frequent Boulder area alternative lifestyle clubs. Where did you find a pink bus?

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from countitandone wrote 2 years 43 weeks ago

Koldcut ~ Good to hear from you! Where the hell you been? Busy? My answer to your question about the bus...IT IS the shuttle for a "Boulder area alternative lifestyle club!"

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from timromano wrote 2 years 43 weeks ago

Whoa, Whoa there gents... There might have been one guy from boulder on the pink bus, but it was rented and driven by a Denverite.

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from Koldkut wrote 2 years 43 weeks ago

Nowhere in my statement does it include all Boulderites. The fact that you live in Boulder did cross my mind and I changed my original statement that included all of Boulder to not offend you. It seems that you count yourself in the aforementioned group?

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from William Romeis wrote 2 years 43 weeks ago

Oooooh, this one is getting testy.... we don't go such shenanigans down in the lone star state... we would have at least found a purple bus....

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from buckhunter wrote 2 years 43 weeks ago

"For just pennies a day you can help these men live a normal life... Donate now."

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from uplander12 wrote 2 years 43 weeks ago

Carpe the Diem: Sieze the Carp!

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from ckRich wrote 2 years 43 weeks ago

Nice one buckhunter. I don't have any spare change at the moment, but I'd be more than willing to move up there and donate my time...

And I'm not above dragging the cooler or being designated Beer Betty....

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from Koldkut wrote 2 years 43 weeks ago

Nice getup! Without knowing the setup, I'd have laughed my butt off and thought a few phrases that go along with the types of folks who frequent Boulder area alternative lifestyle clubs. Where did you find a pink bus?

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from countitandone wrote 2 years 43 weeks ago

Koldcut ~ Good to hear from you! Where the hell you been? Busy? My answer to your question about the bus...IT IS the shuttle for a "Boulder area alternative lifestyle club!"

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from timromano wrote 2 years 43 weeks ago

Whoa, Whoa there gents... There might have been one guy from boulder on the pink bus, but it was rented and driven by a Denverite.

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from Koldkut wrote 2 years 43 weeks ago

Nowhere in my statement does it include all Boulderites. The fact that you live in Boulder did cross my mind and I changed my original statement that included all of Boulder to not offend you. It seems that you count yourself in the aforementioned group?

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from William Romeis wrote 2 years 43 weeks ago

Oooooh, this one is getting testy.... we don't go such shenanigans down in the lone star state... we would have at least found a purple bus....

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