St. Leon Creek

River
23.6 km
Mapped channels
5
Species listed
9.7 m
Median channel width
5.92%
Median gradient
4.01 m³/s
Mean annual flow estimate
St. Leon Creek is a tributary creek flowing into columbia river. Recorded fish: Brook Trout, Bull Trout, Kokanee, Rainbow Trout.

Species

Historical records and regulatory mentions. They do not establish current abundance, a suitable angling target or permission to fish.
No live gauge
No gauge readings are available for this water.
Season
Driving directions

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 Columbia River system.

The water

It flows into columbia river within the Upper Arrow Lake watershed (Upper Arrow Lake → Columbia 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 23 km. brook trout, bull trout, kokanee, rainbow trout, recorded here in provincial fish-inventory data (36 records). The fish-passage model expects Westslope (Yellowstone) Cutthroat Trout here too, since the reach is reachable with no barrier between, though there is no direct record yet. Named tributaries: Sob Creek.

Stocking

For an angler judging whether the fishing is worth the drive, the stocking record is the fishing report. St. Leon Creek is a put-and-take angling fishery, stocked with catchable game fish: 8 recorded releases totalling 38,591 fish (Bull Trout, Rainbow Trout), last stocked 2000-07-20.
Stocking appears to have wound down after 2000. Confirm whether it is still topped up or now fishes as a residual, wild population. The chart below shows the full release history.

The fishing

As a small stream, a tributary of Columbia River, St. Leon 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. The stocking record below is the truest read on what you will catch.

Conditions

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Navigability: wade / technical: steep gradient, pocket water (median channel width ~9.7 m, moderate width; median gradient ~5.92%, steep; peak mean-annual discharge ~4.006 m³/s, low flow; canyon-confined sections with ~149 m walls (DEM)).

Access & the rules

Access for St. Leon 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 Columbia River system.. Official synopsis: gov.bc.ca fishing regulations.

Questions

Page reviewed 2026-07-31