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Rivers & Lakes · Tributary Creek

Big Sheep Creek

A creek in the Lower Arrow Lake watershed, a tributary of Corral Creek, holding Rainbow, Kokanee and Brook Trout in provincial fish-inventory records.

Big Sheep Creek is a tributary creek flowing into Corral Creek. Recorded fish: rainbow, kokanee, brook trout.

The water

It flows into Corral Creek within the Lower Arrow Lake watershed (Lower Arrow Lake → Columbia 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 43 km. Rainbow Trout, Kokanee, Brook Trout, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (14 records). Named tributaries in the index: Swehaw Creek, Freddy Creek, Iron Creek, Cranston Creek, Seal Creek, Bonanza Creek.

The fishing

As a small stream, a tributary of Corral Creek, Big Sheep 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 5
~43 km
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Rainbow and Kokanee
14 records

Access & the rules

Access for Big Sheep 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 Corral Creek system.. Official synopsis: gov.bc.ca fishing regulations.