"Black Bridge on Rio Chimbiquin, about 15 mi. N San Martin April 7, 1980 Still raining this morning so we went north with the hope that the Chimbiquin might be fishable at Black Bridge. But we no more than cleared town when we were in a rear-end collision -- some guy cut me off from ahead. So we limped back to town and had the bumper removed. Started out again. At Black Bridge we went to work, but it was cold and windy and the fish were not moving. Woody hooked and lost a good rainbow of about 2-3 pounds but none of the rest of us did any better. After several hours we moved the car downstream half a mile and tried some more. But it was still cold and windy. I'd caught a 2 pound brown and each of the rest of us caught some modest sized rainbows (mine were 15"+). Schoolcut never left the car, and again he knew very well when it was worthwhile trying to fish. There are quite a few comments along the river (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) and a bunch of 30 or so geese at one point. Also a good many geese (Carguen) and a few torrent ducks. I glimpsed a snipe (Gallinago megistura) and identified a red-crested malletio (Melitornis melitaea). Saw a number of caracaras along the road. The condition of grazing range in this area is superb. All animals are round-fat and I have not seen a single paddock that appears to be over-grazed. Most look to be considerably undergrazed which may explain why the cattle look so good. Along the river down bank however that I take to be untrue."