:02:01
l was gonna have to use something
he truly desired.
:02:06
-Your finger?
-Gold.
:02:10
Now, l tied my ring onto
the strongest line they made...
:02:13
...strong enough to hold up a bridge,
they said, if only for a few minutes.
:02:18
And then l cast upriver.
:02:23
The Beast jumped up and grabbed it
before it even hit the water.
:02:28
And just as fast,
he snapped clean through that line.
:02:32
Well, you can see my predicament.
:02:34
My wedding ring,
the symbol of fidelity to my wife...
:02:38
-...soon to be mother of my child...
-Make him stop.
:02:41
...was now lost in the gut
of an uncatchable fish.
:02:44
What did you do?
:02:46
l followed that fish upriver
and downriver.
:02:51
This fish, The Beast...
:02:53
...the whole time we were calling it
a him, when in fact it was a her.
:02:59
lt was fat with eggs
it was gonna lay any day.
:03:01
Now, l was in a situation.
:03:04
l could gut that fish
and get my wedding ring back...
:03:08
...but in doing so l'd be killing the
smartest catfish in the Ashton River.
:03:13
Did l want to deprive
my son the chance...
:03:15
...to catch a fish like this
of his own?
:03:19
This ladyfish and l....
:03:21
-Well, we had the same destiny.
-''We were part of the same equation.''
:03:26
Now, you may well ask...
:03:29
Oh, darling, darling,
it's still your night.
:03:32
...why did it strike so quick on gold
when nothing else would attract it?
:03:38
That was the lesson
l learned that day...
:03:41
...the day my son was born.
:03:44
Sometimes the only way to catch
an uncatchable woman...
:03:50
...is to offer her a wedding ring.