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Angus Creek

A creek in the St. Mary River watershed, a tributary of Hellroaring Creek, holding Westslope Cutthroat in provincial fish-inventory records.

Angus Creek is a tributary creek flowing into Hellroaring Creek. Recorded fish: Westslope cutthroat.

The water

It flows into Hellroaring Creek within the St. Mary River watershed (St. Mary River → Kootenay 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 11 km. Westslope Cutthroat Trout, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (11 records).

The fishing

As a small stream, a tributary of Hellroaring Creek, Angus 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
St. Mary River watershed
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Stream order 3
~11 km
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Westslope Cutthroat
11 records
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Wade / Technical

Conditions

  • Navigability: wade / technical: steep gradient, pocket water (median channel width ~5.7 m, moderate width; median gradient ~8.04%, very steep; peak mean-annual discharge ~0.545 m³/s, very low flow).

Access & the rules

Access for Angus 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 Hellroaring Creek system.. Official synopsis: gov.bc.ca fishing regulations.