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Rivers & Lakes · Tributary Creek

Bornais Creek

A creek in the Columbia River watershed, a tributary of Holland Creek. Fish are expected here, though it carries no direct inventory records yet.
Updated July 27, 2026

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Bornais Creek is a tributary creek flowing into Holland Creek. Recorded fish: Westslope cutthroat, bull trout, rainbow, cutthroat, dolly varden.

The water

It flows into Holland Creek within the Columbia River watershed (Columbia River). It runs stream order 4 (mid-range in the network; the scale runs from 1 for a headwater trickle to 6+ for a river) and roughly 7 km. Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Bull Trout, Rainbow Trout, cutthroat, dolly varden, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data.

The fishing

As a small stream, a tributary of Holland Creek, Bornais Creek fishes the way creeks of its size do: short drifts with a buoyant attractor dry over a light dropper, working the pocket water and the heads of pools. Match the fly box to the season and confirm against a current local report.

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Tributary Creek
Columbia River watershed
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Stream order 4
~7 km
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Westslope cutthroat and Bull Trout
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Wade Water

Conditions

  • Navigability: wade water: narrow channel, fish on foot (median channel width ~2.6 m, narrow; median gradient ~7.03%, steep; peak mean-annual discharge ~0.081 m³/s, very low flow).

Access & the rules

Access for Bornais Creek, meaning the roads in, put-ins and any walk-in or seasonal limits, is worth confirming locally before you commit a day. The drainage map shows how the water sits in its valley.

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Before you fish

Confirm the current BC freshwater fishing regulations (Region 4 – Kootenay) before you go This water is part of the Holland Creek system.. Official synopsis: gov.bc.ca fishing regulations.