Hex Mayflies
Hexagenia limbata
The famous nocturnal Hex hatch of the Midwest (and a few other lucky locations) stirs to the surface mythically large brown trout that only touch streamers for the rest of the year.
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With a bit of help from the microscope, this specimen keys clearly and unsurprisingly to Hydropsyche.
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This old, inactive mining road heads 8 miles east off the Richardson Highway near Donnelly Dome, following a scenic ridge top. The surrounding tundra is peppered with lakes stocked by the Alaska Department of Fish & Game, and the road ends at an old small-scale coal mine along bouldery Ober Creek, where several seams of coal are still visible.
Landscape & scenery photos from Coal Mine Road
