Martin’s family did many overnight raft trips on the Colorado River during the summers. He would often rise before everyone else to maximize fishing time. One of these early mornings, when he was seven, he set upon the river with his spin rod and worms and managed to hook something bigger than he had ever had in his life. He fought for what felt like hours before the fish shook the hook. After frustratedly reeling his line back in he found a golden scale the size of his palm stuck to the hook. Naturally, he was certain that it had been a dragon and that there were dragons in the Colorado River. He set off running for his mother to share the exciting news, and somewhere along the way lost the scale. Without proof, much to his frustration, his mother did not believe that he had had a golden dragon on his hook. Clarity on the situation came years later when Martin finally landed a carp from the same river.
Martin’s family did many overnight raft trips on the Colorado River during the summers. He would often rise before everyone else to maximize fishing time. One of these early mornings, when he was seven, he set upon the river with his spin rod and worms and managed to hook something bigger than he had ever had in his life. He fought for what felt like hours before the fish shook the hook. After frustratedly reeling his line back in he found a golden scale the size of his palm stuck to the hook. Naturally, he was certain that it had been a dragon and that there were dragons in the Colorado River. He set off running for his mother to share the exciting news, and somewhere along the way lost the scale. Without proof, much to his frustration, his mother did not believe that he had had a golden dragon on his hook. Clarity on the situation came years later when Martin finally landed a carp from the same river.
