A creek in the Lower Arrow Lake watershed, a tributary of South Salmo River. Fish are expected here, though it carries no direct inventory records yet.
It flows into South Salmo River within the Lower Arrow Lake watershed (Lower Arrow Lake → 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 10 km. Bull Trout, Rainbow Trout, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data. The fish-passage model expects Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout 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 South Salmo River, Stagleap 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
Lower Arrow Lake watershed
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Stream order 4
~10 km
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Bull Trout and Rainbow Trout
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Wade / Technical
Conditions
Navigability:wade / technical: steep gradient, pocket water (median channel width ~7.6 m, moderate width; median gradient ~5.56%, steep; peak mean-annual discharge ~1.182 m³/s, low flow).
Access & the rules
Access for Stagleap 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 South Salmo River system.. Official synopsis: gov.bc.ca fishing regulations.
