No Neave Creek-specific exception appears in the checked Region 4 synopsis, so the regional defaults apply: streams are closed Apr 1 to Jun 14, trout and char run catch-and-release Nov 1 to Mar 31, and a single barbless hook is required year-round. The general stream trout/char quota is 5, with no more than 1 rainbow or cutthroat over 50 cm and no more than 2 from streams. Confirm the current synopsis before you fish.

Neave Creek's mouth sits at 50.51916, -116.13894, where it joins toby creek on its way to the columbia river. It runs stream order 3 (early on a 1-to-6+ scale where 1 is a headwater trickle and 6+ a full river), and the channel geometry is small throughout: a narrow median width of about 2.8 m, a gentle-to-moderate gradient of about 3.04%, and a very low peak mean-annual discharge of about 0.084 m³/s. That combination reads as classic small-tributary water, best fished on foot rather than from a boat.

Local beat data records 112 fish in Neave Creek: 102 rainbow trout, 4 brook trout, 3 burbot and 3 redside shiner, the clearest small-stream trout signal anywhere in the Toby Creek tributary group. An older Toby-family fisheries survey appendix also identified rainbow trout in Neave Creek, consistent with the current record set.

Local fly recommendations for Neave Creek run Adams, Royal Wulff, Elk Hair Caddis and Stimulator on top, ant and beetle terrestrial patterns, and Hare's Ear, Prince Nymph and Pheasant Tail underneath. That matches the food base: mayfly, caddisfly and stonefly hatches, summer terrestrials, and small baitfish or redside shiner forage where connected lower-water habitat exists.

No confirmed public access point, road name or trailhead for Neave Creek turned up in the checked sources. Treat a visit as an access-and-regulation check first rather than a mapped destination, and expect to work it out from the Toby Creek drainage. Kootenay Troutfitters, based at Panorama, guides Columbia Valley streams in the area, though Neave-specific trips are not publicly listed.