40 GOLDEN DAYS 



times gone by. Yet if we turn again to 

 the map and our traced semicircle, we 

 shall realise the impossibility of accurately 

 appraising various waters. We have here 

 before us a perfect network of water- 

 courses and yet many of the smaller trout 

 streams are not even indicated on the map. 

 It is these which will provide us with the 

 best fishing. 



The larger Breton rivers are, as a rule, 

 useless to the fly-fisherman, but their 

 tributaries can afford him good sport. 

 The river Blavet is perhaps the one 

 exception. It calls to mind many names, 

 Kerbalain, K^rien, St. Nicolas-du-P^lem, 

 and there is trout-fishing at Gauarec and 

 as far down as Mur-de-Bretagne, and, for 

 all I know, even farther. 



We have spoken of the river Elle. 

 This is joined at Quimperle by the Isole, 

 which is also poached, and not worth fish- 

 ing. The salmon-fishing here is mostly 

 in private hands. 



The river Scorff is useless below 

 Guemene, and there are even in its upper 

 reaches too many pike, but in spite of 

 them the fishing is moderately good. 



