Lewis Creek is a tributary creek flowing into kootenay river. Recorded fish: Brook Trout, Dolly Varden, Rainbow Trout, Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout.
Confirm the current BC freshwater fishing regulations (Region 4 – Kootenay) before you fish; this water is part of the Kootenay River system.
The water
It flows into kootenay river within the St. Mary River watershed (St. Mary 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 17 km. brook trout, Dolly Varden, rainbow trout, Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (32 records). Named tributaries: grundy creek, Tracy Creek.
The fishing
As a small stream, a tributary of Kootenay River, Lewis 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:wade / technical: steep gradient, pocket water (median channel width ~4.8 m, narrow; median gradient ~6.67%, steep; peak mean-annual discharge ~0.741 m³/s, very low flow; canyon-confined sections with ~86 m walls (DEM)).
Access & the rules
Access for Lewis 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 Kootenay River system.. Official synopsis: gov.bc.ca fishing regulations.