Meachen Creek is a tributary creek flowing into St. Mary River. Recorded fish: Brook Trout, Bull Trout, Burbot, Kokanee, Mountain Whitefish, Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout.
The water
It flows into St. Mary River within the St. Mary River watershed (St. Mary River → Kootenay 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 34 km. Brook Trout, Bull Trout, Burbot, Kokanee, Mountain Whitefish, Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (70 records). Named tributaries: Fiddler Creek.
The fishing
As a small stream, a tributary of St. Mary River, Meachen 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: wide, low-gradient sections suit a float/raft (median channel width ~13 m, wide; median gradient ~1.92%, gentle; peak mean-annual discharge ~2.577 m³/s, low flow).
Access & the rules
Access for Meachen 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.
