Black Horse, Clinton Pass Jul 21, 1978 Heavy drizzle at breakfast but we went hopefully up to North Branch of the Clinton with a lift in the fish from Keith. Started to rain as we changed to our wading clothes at the forks. Rain accelerated during the day, getting progressively heavier in spouts. Woody raised a couple of rainbows in a riffle right at the start but from then on we couldn't raise fish. He fished hard a mile up N Branch without a hook-up. I saw a lot of huge rainbows (3 to 5 lbs) in a big flat pool but they were wild as hell when I tried to cast to them. Dropped back to our base camp at the forks for lunch in the rain. Started working my way down the Clinton after lunch. He saw fish in some of the pools but they were just loafing about - not rising. At 3 1/2 mile reach where Keith had dropped me earlier a snake came out of the brush - very tame. I got it crumble of coffee cake saved from lunch while Ted hunted for Woody, & no avail. I took a lot of pictures. Just before that I saw a New Zealand Falcon come flying up the river. Looked like an overgrown Sparrowhawk - long tail for a falcon of this size. It lit on a snag above me and preened. Also took photos of a very tame robin that came in for crumbs. Spent a few deer tracks along N Branch.