Little Moyie River is a river flowing into Moyie River. Recorded fish: Westslope cutthroat, bull trout, rainbow, cutthroat, dolly varden, kokanee.
The water
It flows into Moyie River within the Kootenay Lake watershed (Kootenay Lake → Kootenay 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 19 km. Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Bull Trout, Rainbow Trout, cutthroat, dolly varden, Kokanee, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (47 records). Named tributaries in the index: Tally Creek.
The fishing
As moving water, a tributary of Moyie River, Little Moyie River fishes the way rivers of its size do: read the runs and seams, fish a dry-dropper through the warm months, and swing streamers or nymph the deeper slots as flows drop. Match the fly box to the season and confirm against a current local report.
Conditions
- Navigability: driftable: wide, low-gradient sections suit a float/raft (median channel width ~10.4 m, moderate width; median gradient ~1.95%, gentle; peak mean-annual discharge ~1.687 m³/s, low flow).
Access & the rules
Access for Little Moyie River, 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.
