Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-02

Some of these seem bottomlesA One
can drop a large rock down in places
and hear it rattle and bump its way
down and down and down until tta
echoes become too faint to be heard,
leaving one with the impression that
they are air holes to China These
bottomless pits have not been "explor-
ed" as yet.
The cave Il devoid Of life save for
a few bats Of the harmless variety
near the entrance.
The Forest service has already tax
en- steps to advertise the a " and it
is certain to become one Of the major
show places of Montana.
The Horseshoe on the Lick creek
road is the nearest point to the cave
which can be reached by motor. From
this point It is about a quarter of a
mile up the ridge to the entrance. A
limited number of horses can be OBJ
tanned at the Logging Creek camps for
the trip. The cheerful pedestrian will
enjoy walking the ridge, either from
the Tiger butte pass or from the ran
ger station, or from Logging Greek.
c. L. Warner, Of the Potter ranch,
has been asked by Forest Supervisor
W. B. Wiley to act in the capacity of
official guide for the cave.
Many Accessible Fishing Streams
But the Lick creek cavern consti-
tutes just one Of the nanny attractions
in the Logging Greek section of the
Little Belts.
accessible from Logging Greek station.
First, and perhaps most important.
is Belt creek. Ii is in this fine stream
that the big, fighting %rainbows weigh
ing as much as seven pounds are found.
An impression prevalent among some
that Belt creek is "fished out" is a
fallacy. True. the fishing - the upper
waters of the creek is mediocre; but
from Pilgrim creek down through the
Sluice Boxes to Riceville, the fishing
is good.
There was a time, some three years
ago, when the concentration at Neihart
polluted this stream and drove the trout
down. But the c~oncentrator burned
and the fish came back-bringing a
goodly company of progeny and friends
with them. The fishing last year was
excellent and is better this year. Many
splendid catches have been made since
the season opened and several trout
weighing four and five pounds each
have been taken. Rainbow and eastern
brook prevail in Belt creek: and there
are some white fish.
Pilgrim creek. two miles from Log
glng Creek station, Is reached by two
easy trails. The trout in this stream
are mostly natives and do NOT RIM
more than 10 inches in length. buf
there are plenty of them. 1t is an easy
stream to fish and the angler is fire.
quently rewarded by the sight of deer
coming down to water. Like all streams
of this size. the farther up the better. |
There are three varities of trout in
Logging Creek-the rainbow. the east
ern brook and the native. The stream !
has been well stocked and fishing is
good. Best results ordinarily arc OBJ !
tanned between the cabin of Andrew
Miller, mayor of Logging Greek. three
miles up the creek, and the TAYLOR
mill, eight miles from the station. This
is essentially a stream for the angler
who uses flies. and there are many
good holes" which require expert
manipulation of rod and line-a JOY to
a real top-water fisherman.
Over On T~eaderfoot
Ten miles from the Taylor mill. over
the divide from Monument peak. is the
Tenderfoot. This stream |,
with native trout-the yellow
boys, with the black spots and the
pink underneath. They run as hirh
as two and a half pounds and. in the
they seem always hunrrv,l
Crawling are found In this stream also
are fully as good eating as a
trout and nearly as game.
There is an excellent trail from Tay-
lor's mill up Logging creek, over Mon
ument peak and down to the Tender
foot. This is a forest service trail.