One day at the Fort while we were fishing, we ran into a young man about 10 years of age , he was using a roasting stick from the campfire the night before, for a fish'n pole. He had fish'n line and a hook tied to it, and he was using doughballs for bait.
When I first saw him, I thought, "OMG, this really is Tom Sawyer !!"
Then I asked him, "are ya catch'n anything ?"
To which he happily replied, "yup, just threw back 2 large mouth that was bout 6-7 lbs each !"
I knew at that very moment that either this truly was Tom Sawyer or this boy was gonna grow up to lie with the best of us fishermen.
I would bring my own fish'n pole,,ummm I mean mallow roasting stick.