Harman's Day 2 Round 2 2011-Morning Session

So I decided this trip that once again I would be getting up early to chase the fish.  Early for me means 8 or so.  I am really not a morning person.  In fact I hate mornings!  Having been to Harman's now three times, the wife and I have developed a routine so to speak.  It works well for both of us.  I get up early and fish.  I then come home and have breakfast.  She sleeps as late as possible since she can't do it with the kids.  If she gets up before I return, she lays around and reads.  I usually head back around 12 or so.  That way I take a short break, grab some food and relax before heading out again for the evening session.  A win win for all.  Oh and the wife is very good at making sure hot food is ready for my upon my return.

So, I got up early and headed out.  I went behind the cabin and tried to fish the stream there.  It had a few people already there so I decided to head to the big pool out by cabin 15.  Usually when I come to Harman's it is in September and this pool is very slow moving.  I wasn't sure what I would find this go around.  Upon arriving at the pool, I saw that the water looked great.  This is standing in the middle of the pool and looking up stream:

and this is looking down stream:

It is a rather large pool to work.  Plus there is some fast water at the top that one could work.  Anyways, I decided to stay with the black woolly bugger.  I could see the bows cruising throughout the pool.  There were some big ones!  Throwing the black woolly bugger yielded a number of follows at first.  After a while though, they got bored with it.  I noticed though that they appeared to be sipping midges off the top.  Some of these guys were going to town.  I even saw some browns getting in on the action.  Nothing I threw at them though worked.  I, of course, left all of my dries at the cabin.  I figured I wouldn't need them since it was November and I would only be using nymphs and streamers.  In the end, I did manage to land three.  I, as usual, lost more than I landed.  Go figure.  Here are some photos of the three I managed to net:

With three bows netted, and the time approaching noon, I decided to call it and head back tot he cabin for some grub.  Stay tuned for the afternoon/evening session when I landed some big bows.