The Australian Bass Association’s Impoundment Fly Fishing Tournament was held on 23, 24 November at Hinze Dam. Long time ABA supporter Steve Morgan beat a field of top fly fishermen to take out the Champion Angler and teamed with John Schofield to win the Champion Team category.

Fishing John's famous Bass Vampires in a green/black colour combination, the pair fished several locations in the eastern arm of the dam to accumulate their scores.

"I've never seen Hinze this low," said Morgan, "so a lot of the spots that we fished in this tournamnent last year are now high and dry. We had to really find the patten as we went along."

The successful pattern eventually involved targeting water between 13 and 20 feet deep and fishing the flies right on the bottom.

"The Humminbird Legend 3005 sounder was showing the bass right on the bottom, so that's where we deducted the flies had to be," Morgan continued, "we did see showings of fish on a couple of points and one big flat near the Narrows, so we moved between these spots during the day."

The pair fished #7 Scientific Anglers Striper Taper lines and 14lb twist fluorocarbon leaders. Aiding speedy movement between the spots was a 36V, 101lb MinnKota electric motor.

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