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Woden Creek

A creek in the Lower Arrow Lake watershed, a tributary of Burton (Trout) Creek, holding Bull Trout and Rainbow in provincial fish-inventory records.

Woden Creek is a tributary creek flowing into Burton (Trout) Creek. Recorded fish: bull trout, rainbow.

The water

It flows into Burton (Trout) Creek within the Lower Arrow Lake watershed (Lower Arrow Lake → 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 16 km. Bull Trout, Rainbow Trout, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (29 records). Named tributaries in the index: Cony Creek.

The fishing

As a small stream, a tributary of Burton (Trout) Creek, Woden 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 4
~16 km
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Bull Trout and Rainbow
29 records
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Wade / Technical

Conditions

  • Navigability: wade / technical: steep gradient, pocket water (median channel width ~8.5 m, moderate width; median gradient ~6.08%, steep; peak mean-annual discharge ~2.279 m³/s, low flow).

Access & the rules

Access for Woden 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 Burton (Trout) Creek system.. Official synopsis: gov.bc.ca fishing regulations.