Fitzstubbs Creek is a tributary creek flowing into Wilson Creek. Recorded fish: Brook Trout, Bull Trout, Burbot, Dolly Varden, Kokanee, Lake Whitefish, Mountain Whitefish, Rainbow Trout, Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout, White Sturgeon.
Confirm the current BC freshwater fishing regulations (Region 4 – Kootenay) before you fish; this water is part of the Wilson Creek system.
The water
It flows into Wilson Creek within the Slocan River watershed (Slocan River → Kootenay River). It runs stream order 5 (well down the network, toward river scale; the scale runs from 1 for a headwater trickle to 6+ for a river) and roughly 34 km. brook trout, bull trout, burbot, Dolly Varden, kokanee, Lake Whitefish, mountain whitefish, rainbow trout, Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout, white sturgeon, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (168 records). Named tributaries: bremner creek, hamling creek, harlow creek.
The fishing
As a small stream, a tributary of Wilson Creek, Fitzstubbs 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
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Navigability:driftable with caution: wide, low-gradient sections suit a float/raft, but rated rapids or canyon-confined reaches interrupt them; check the drift map (median channel width ~18.4 m, wide; median gradient ~0.36%, very gentle; peak mean-annual discharge ~8.128 m³/s, moderate flow; canyon-confined sections with ~161 m walls (DEM)).
Access & the rules
Access for Fitzstubbs 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 Wilson Creek system.. Official synopsis: gov.bc.ca fishing regulations.