Lemon Creek is a tributary creek flowing into Kootenay River. Recorded fish: Westslope cutthroat, bull trout, rainbow, cutthroat, dolly varden, mtn whitefish.
The water
It flows into Kootenay River within the Kootenay River watershed (Kootenay River → Columbia 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 6 km. Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Bull Trout, Rainbow Trout, cutthroat, dolly varden, Mountain Whitefish, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (3 records).
The fishing
As a small stream, a tributary of Kootenay River, Lemon 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: not a casual float: whitewater or canyon evidence on this water; treat as wade unless a guide says otherwise (median channel width ~14.8 m, wide; median gradient ~3.56%, moderate; peak mean-annual discharge ~5.313 m³/s, moderate flow; canyon-confined sections with ~175 m walls (DEM)).
Access & the rules
Access for Lemon 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.
