Tangle Creek is a tributary creek flowing into Cross River. Recorded fish: Westslope cutthroat, rainbow, cutthroat, mtn whitefish, brook trout.
The water
It flows into Cross River within the Kootenay River watershed (Kootenay River → Columbia 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 8 km. Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout, cutthroat, Mountain Whitefish, Brook Trout, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (2 records).
The fishing
As a small stream, a tributary of Cross River, Tangle 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: wade / technical: steep gradient, pocket water (median channel width ~7.1 m, moderate width; median gradient ~5.07%, steep; peak mean-annual discharge ~0.594 m³/s, very low flow).
Access & the rules
Access for Tangle 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.
