34 GOLDEN DAYS 



extravagant and misleading. Such a one 

 describes how two rods took fifty brace 

 of trout near Chfiteauhn within a single 

 day, but the writer forgets to mention 

 that here the trout run very small, and 

 also that the greater part of the water in 

 the district has long since been ruined by 

 the establishment of powder factories. 

 No, this is not the pick of the Brittany 

 fishing. Perhaps we can best help the 

 fisherman by eliminating certain districts 

 which the guide-books have pointed out 

 as being good fishing centres. Landerneau, 

 Commana, and La Roche have been done 

 to death by the Brest Fishing Club. Then 

 comes the piece de r(^sistance of fishing 

 fame. We shall find Quimperle the most 

 charming old town in southern Brittany 

 if only we have enough strength of mind 

 to keep the strings of our rod- case securely 

 fastened. This is not such an easy matter 

 as one might suppose, for the waters of its 

 three rivers are extraordinarily seductive 

 to the outward eye. Only bitter experi- 

 ence will teach the angler that they are 

 over-fished and poached {abimer is the 

 local term). Quimperle also has its 

 fishing club. 



