Rick Mikesell is a Denver, CO Native, and while growing up in Trout Country, has focused his fishing career on the under the radar Warm Water Opportunities of Colorado, in particular; Carp. Rick has spent just shy of 25 years exploring and fishing the Denver South Platte and endless Front Range Warm Water Lakes & Ponds. Rick offers guided Fly, Conventional, Euro Style and Ice Fishing Trips on the Denver South Platte and Front Range of Colorado, and teaches Warm Water Fly Fishing Schools. Rick is a board member of Denver Trout Unlimited, a conservation organization who’s some mission is the protection and improvement of the Denver South Platte. Rick is regular speaker on the topic(s) for fishing clubs and fly fishing events, and contributed the Denver South Platte Chapters to Pat Dorsey’s Fly Fishing Guide to the South Platte River.