Silverton Creek is a tributary creek flowing into Slocan River. Recorded fish: Brook Trout, Bull Trout, Coastal Cutthroat Trout, Dolly Varden, Kokanee, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout.
The water
It flows into Slocan River 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 21 km. Brook Trout, Bull Trout, Coastal Cutthroat Trout, Dolly Varden, Kokanee, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (54 records). Named tributaries: Fennell Creek, Maurier Creek, Bartlett Creek, Avison Creek, Emily Creek, Wakefield Creek, Twigg Creek.
The fishing
As a small stream, a tributary of Slocan River, Silverton 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 / technical: steep gradient, pocket water (median channel width ~10.4 m, moderate width; median gradient ~6.12%, steep; peak mean-annual discharge ~3.077 m³/s, low flow; canyon-confined sections with ~164 m walls (DEM)).
Access & the rules
Access for Silverton 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.
