BIG TENCH. Edited by Bob Church. Contributors: Jim Gibbinson, Keith Sanders, Peter Jackson and Dave Harman.

2005 1st edition. 4to (196 x 252mm). Pp176. Colour and b/w photographs. Black boards, spine titled in gilt.

Bob Church, Jim Gibbinson, Keith Sanders, Peter Jackson and Dave Harman each contribute a chapter sharing their experiences, tactics and venues. The history and methods of the big tench specimen hunters with a list of the top fifty UK tench. The foreword is by Paul Thompson, Tenchfishers vice chairman. Chapters include: Tench, an early love by Bob Church; Gravel pit tench by Jim Gibbinson; Master tench float fisher by Keith Sanders; Fifty-five years hunting big tench by Peter Jackson; Big tench fanatic by Dave Harman.