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Mulvey Creek

A creek in the Slocan River watershed, a tributary of Slocan River. Fish are expected here, though it carries no direct inventory records yet.

Mulvey Creek is a tributary creek flowing into Slocan River. Fish presence expected but not yet confirmed by direct records.

The water

It flows into Slocan River within the Slocan River watershed (Slocan River → 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 expected, since this water connects to recorded fish habitat with no barrier between, though it has no direct records of its own yet.

The fishing

As a small stream, a tributary of Slocan River, Mulvey 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
Slocan River watershed
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Stream order 4
~19 km
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Fish expected
no direct records yet
footprint
Mixed

Conditions

  • Navigability: mixed, confirm access and flow before choosing drift vs wade (median channel width ~4.9 m, narrow; median gradient ~3.51%, moderate; peak mean-annual discharge ~0.84 m³/s, very low flow).

Access & the rules

Access for Mulvey 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 Slocan River system.. Official synopsis: gov.bc.ca fishing regulations.