Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-07-29
Report on Trip
To White River
by Rhoda G. Kennel

Oy Hnood u. Nehncl
Sure, and it's been busy plac,
around here the past several week.
what with guests, fires, ball games
boat trips, fishing stories, and Sc
on, in addition to the usual rur
of affairs.
eliminating long time ambi-
ton to travel the White river
country, Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Kennel
completed 95-mile pack trip into
the Bob Marshall wilderness area,
taking in party of professional
photographers from Brookings, S.
Oak. They spent eight days, lay
ing over two days at the mouth
of White river to prove to their
party the truth of the story which
appeared in one of the leading
sports magazines last year to the
effect that the best fly fishing in
the world is to be found in White
river.
Included in the group was a
young high school graduate from
Kentucky who had never seen a
trout before. He was careful OBJ
server of fly-fishing tactics and
landed three nice ones in his first
five minutes of fishing the White
river. Some trail detours were ne
cessary on this trip, because of
snow on the Continental divide
and spring like conditions were
found at My lake, where butter
cups and shooting stars were abun-
dainty in bloom.
Thirteen fire calls In one day
was just too much the boys at
the station felt, but that's what
happened last week. Until the past
several days there has been little
rain, and we could still use a good
soaker. Lightning played all
around these hills for several days
and all forest service men were ;,
on fire duty. Pilot Roy Gustafson :,
played dodge with the storms, try :
ing to do little spotting and drop .
ping of supplies. The ranger sta =
ton was almost deserted during :,
The peak of the fires - only the :.
station guard and the cook were y
lere. o.
Bill Kennels boat trips are prov .
ng most popular, five different ~
;uch excursions being made late .
y-all getting good catches of fish. :.
c. I. Moulton, mayor of White y:
ish, brought party Of six up for :.
he boat float down Harrison "
reek. This was almost too many a.
or good fishing with KNL's two
'oats so Dutch Paisley of Martin
lily, who is vacationing here now, st
'ut his boat into service too and pc
cted as pilot. Dutch said it was o.
I'm, but didn't give him much S.
nance to fish.
Most of the boys and girls at
am Wicker's Diamond r youth
amp are out on pack trips to ~
lack Bear and Big Prairie They ~
yere going strong at the nightly ~
all games at the ranger station, r
ut the Rangers" did manage to So
lin game or two. Fl;
Miss Rosemary Aker of Kalis- cle
ell is visiting Geraldine Shaw wi
the station. Re
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Collins and mi
aby daughter, Patty, of Kalispell :
e spending a week at the KNL =
sort. IN
A group of forest smoke jump q
s flown in from Missoula, and Il
sisted by some of the local per- Il
nnel, are busy clearing snags q
I'd trees adjacent to the land u
g field, preparatory to charging u
e field clearance. u
Mr.. and Mrs. Kennuth Husmann y
Bookings, S. OAK, and her y
ephew Jimmy Tyner of Mulliken, y
spent three weeks at 3
e KNL resort, and took the y
op trip into the wilderness area y
,wn White river. Y
Fishing has been good, but it Y
'eSn't appear that the buckle Y
.rries will be nearly so plenty Y
! as last year. There seems to n
!. plenty higher up, but these are n
nd to get to. Mrs. Darling, Mrs. n
Ike, Mrs. Kennel and Mrs. Bos- n
Y have all been busy canning n
athead cherries and are hope n
of locating huckleberries closer n
fore long. n
Fire hazard is still high, so we II
ge all visitors to be extremely II
reful. Contrary to public opin- 4
n, the road is not closed to per- Il