Fitzstubbs Creek is a tributary creek flowing into Wilson Creek. Recorded fish: Brook Trout, Bull Trout, Burbot, Dolly Varden, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout, Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout, White Sturgeon.
The water
It flows into Wilson Creek within the Slocan River watershed (Slocan River → Kootenay River). It runs stream order 5 (well down the network, toward river scale; the scale runs from 1 for a headwater trickle to 6+ for a river) and roughly 34 km. Brook Trout, Bull Trout, Burbot, Dolly Varden, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout, Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout, White Sturgeon, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (168 records). Named tributaries: Bremner Creek, Hamling Creek, Harlow Creek.
The fishing
As a small stream, a tributary of Wilson Creek, Fitzstubbs 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.
Conditions
- Navigability: driftable with caution: wide, low-gradient sections suit a float/raft, but rated rapids or canyon-confined reaches interrupt them; check the drift map (median channel width ~18.4 m, wide; median gradient ~0.36%, very gentle; peak mean-annual discharge ~8.128 m³/s, moderate flow; canyon-confined sections with ~161 m walls (DEM)).
Access & the rules
Access for Fitzstubbs 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.
