Big Bear Brook is a tributary creek flowing into okell creek. Recorded fish: Westslope cutthroat, rainbow, cutthroat, kokanee, mtn whitefish, brook trout.
Confirm the current BC freshwater fishing regulations (Region 4 – Kootenay) before you fish; this water is part of the Okell Creek system.
The water
It flows into okell creek within the Kootenay Lake watershed (Kootenay Lake → Kootenay River). It runs stream order 2 (high in the network, near the headwaters; the scale runs from 1 for a headwater trickle to 6+ for a river) and roughly 2 km. westslope cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, cutthroat, kokanee, mountain whitefish, brook trout, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data.
The fishing
As a small stream, a tributary of Okell Creek, Big Bear Brook 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.
Fact
Details
Tributary Creek
Kootenay Lake watershed
Stream order 2
~2 km
Westslope cutthroat and Rainbow
recorded
Access & the rules
Access for Big Bear Brook, 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.
Before you fish
Confirm the current BC freshwater fishing regulations (Region 4 – Kootenay) before you go This water is part of the Okell Creek system.. Official synopsis: gov.bc.ca fishing regulations.