Fly Fishing British Columbia
British Columbia is charted here water by water, beginning with the Kootenay region — 1,700+ rivers, creeks, and lakes of the Kootenay–Columbia Basin, each mapped, profiled, and cross-linked to its species, watershed, and regulations. New regions join the journal as we chart them.
Rivers & Lakes
Every named waterway of the Kootenay–Columbia Basin — browse by drainage, or A–Z.
Watersheds
The ten drainage groups of the basin — pick a watershed, then work down to its waters.
Fish Maps
Interactive fish-data explorer — observations, hotspots, drift suitability, and access.
Conditions
This week's flows, shop reports, hatches, and closures.
Classified Waters
The eight Kootenay rivers that need a Classified Waters Licence, mapped.
Guides & Shops
Guide outfits, fly shops, and programs working the region.
The journal started in BC's southeast corner, and it runs deepest there: every named water of the Kootenay–Columbia drainage profiled, from the Elk Valley's classified cutthroat freestones to Kootenay Lake's Gerrard rainbows. Eight of Region 4's rivers are classified waters, and all eight are charted here — along with ranked lists of the rivers and stillwaters worth planning a trip around.
Fly Fishing the Kootenays
The region hub — best rivers and stillwaters ranked, 1,700+ waters profiled, ten watersheds, and the Region 4 rules that shape a trip.