A creek in the Kootenay Lake watershed, a tributary of Lamb Creek, holding Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout in provincial fish-inventory records.
Tate Creek is a tributary creek flowing into Lamb Creek. Recorded fish: Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout.
The water
It flows into Lamb Creek within the Kootenay Lake watershed (Kootenay Lake → Kootenay River). It runs stream order 2 (high in the network, near the headwaters; the scale runs from 1 for a headwater trickle to 6+ for a river) and roughly 3 km. Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (2 records). The fish-passage model expects Bull 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 Lamb Creek, Tate 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
Kootenay Lake watershed
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Stream order 2
~3 km
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Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout
2 records
Access & the rules
Access for Tate 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 Lamb Creek system.. Official synopsis: gov.bc.ca fishing regulations.
