A cloth pouch holding a fistful of fishhooks, a bone sinker, lengths of braided horsehair and gut line, and a small bone needle for threading bait. Riverside folk—ferrymen, riverside mill-tenders, and wanderers—keep such kits at hand when a meal is scarce and water runs deep. A steady hand and patience matter more than fine equipment; a bent hook and stale bread will feed a person as well as a master’s assortment.
Fishing Kit
Cloth pouch with hooks, sinker, horsehair line, bone needle for riverside hunting.