“What did you catch them with?”
“This ’ere.”
He exhibited a hair line and a fly made of a crooked pin, wound with a small piece of red flannel and a black and white feather. “I hid the pole up yander,” he continued, pointing behind him.
“What, all with a pin hook?” exclaimed the purchaser of the trout.
“Law! yes. Why not? A pin hook’ll do ef you haint got enny other; but I’d like powerful well to hev one o’ them store hooks you’uns hev.”
We gave him one forthwith, and then asked: “When is the best time to fish, son?”
“When the signs air in the head; the signs in the awmanac, you know.”
“Oh, yes. When you haven’t fly hooks, what bait is the best?”
“Young hornets.”
“What baits do you use for young hornets?” was next asked, and rightly deemed a very important question under the circumstances.