Tiny Baetis mayflies are perhaps the most commonly encountered and imitated by anglers on all American trout streams due to their great abundance, widespread distribution, and trout-friendly emergence habits.
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.