Schofield Creek is a tributary creek flowing into Columbia River. Recorded fish: White Sturgeon.
The water
It flows into Columbia River within the Lower Arrow Lake watershed (Lower Arrow Lake → Columbia River). It runs stream order 3 (mid-range in the network; the scale runs from 1 for a headwater trickle to 6+ for a river) and roughly 2 km. White Sturgeon, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (10 records). The fish-passage model expects Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Bull Trout, Burbot, Cutthroat Trout, Kokanee, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Mountain Whitefish, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Yellow Perch here too, since the reach is reachable with no barrier between, though there is no direct record yet.
The fishing
As a small stream, a tributary of Columbia River, Schofield 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: wade water: narrow channel, fish on foot (median channel width ~2.3 m, narrow; median gradient ~5.83%, steep; peak mean-annual discharge ~1.136 m³/s, low flow).
Access & the rules
Access for Schofield 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.
