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

It flows into Trail Creek within the Lower Arrow Lake watershed (Lower Arrow Lake → Columbia 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 5 km. brook trout, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (3 records).

As a small stream, a tributary of Trail Creek, Cambridge 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.

Access for Cambridge 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.