Brownie Creek

River
9.14 km
Mapped channels
Brownie Creek is a tributary creek flowing into kilmarnock creek. Recorded fish: Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout.
No live gauge
No gauge readings are available for this water.
Season
Driving directions

At a glance

Fact
Details
Type
Tributary Creek
Watershed
Elk River
Size
stream order 4, ~9 km
Fish
Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout

Region 4 Regulations — guide reviewed 2026-07-31

Confirm the current BC freshwater fishing regulations (Region 4 – Kootenay) before you fish; this water is part of the Kilmarnock Creek system.

The water

It flows into kilmarnock creek within the Elk River watershed (Elk 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 9 km. Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data.

The fishing

As a small stream, a tributary of Kilmarnock Creek, Brownie 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.
Fact
Details
Tributary Creek
Elk River watershed
Stream order 4
~9 km
Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout
recorded

Access & the rules

Access for Brownie 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.

Before you fish

Confirm the current BC freshwater fishing regulations (Region 4 – Kootenay) before you go This water is part of the Kilmarnock Creek system.. Official synopsis: gov.bc.ca fishing regulations.
Page reviewed 2026-07-31