176 HINTS ON ANGLING. 



There are two small trout streams within ten or twelve 

 miles of Calais, to which the fly-fishers of the town 

 occasionally resort. These are, a small river which runs 

 through the village of La Eecousse; and another which 

 flows by Marquise. Both abound with good fish. We 

 have known as many as three dozen taken out of the 

 former stream, in an afternoon, by two fly-fishers. 



In the fosses round the ramparts of Calais the roach are 

 very numerous and very large. Bleak are remarkably 

 scarce ; and all other fish of this description, such as carp, 

 tench, bream, perch, etc. are less numerous than in many 

 other waters of the department. 



Although the pike-fishing, as we have intimated, is 

 very good here, there are few inducements to detain the 

 angler in this vicinity. The sport will afford him very 

 little variety; and as so much good water is before him, 

 we recommend him to waste as little time here as he con- 

 veniently can. A day or two will be sufficient to convince 

 him of this ; and as the place possesses few other attrac- 

 tions at all worth his attention, he will have the less 

 reason to regret the shortness of his sojourn. 



Boulogne. 



The river Lianne will afford the angler pretty good 

 sport. It runs into the sea at Capecure a suburban village 

 of Boulogne. It is not fishable until you get three or 

 four miles above the town, where trout become numerous, 

 and can be easily taken with the fly. The French prin- 

 cipally fish with minnow in this river; but the majority of 

 the English anglers use the fly. 



The best mode of fishing this river is to go to Selle, a 

 village about an hour's walk from Eccoeuilles, a posting 

 station on the main road between Boulogne and St. Omer ; 



