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The inaugural Tenchfishers National Tench Championships took place at Linear complex near Oxford on the Oxlease lake from Friday 12th May through to Sunday 14th. The event started with a blast from an airhorn at 12 noon on the Friday. The championships were generously...

National Tench Championships to be held at Linear Oxlease Lake, May 12-14 2023.  The entry fee will be £135 per member and you will be competing for a total prize fund of £1100 with TackleBox voucher and trophy for the first three placings. The overall winner will...

Happy New Year From The Tenchfishers Seasons Greetings to all our fellow Tenchfishers. 2023 - The Spring awaits... 2023 is no doubt going to be another challenging year for us tench anglers. It will be interesting to see what the weed levels are like in the pits in...

Winter Tench   By Adam Bojar (Tenchfishers Member, SW Region) My winter angling campaigns started in the early 1980’s when I was really into carp fishing, well before the days of the bivvy, bed chairs and decent sleeping bags! The only plus side was the availability...

Chance of a Double?   With many members now fishing for barbel, chub and predators, we are all necessarily distracted from our favourite species - the tench.   Of course, they can still be captured at this time of year, but for many now tench fishing has become a...

In this blog Steve Innes takes a look at tench kit and selects his favourites. We hope you find it informative and helpful. Tench painting by kind permission of David Miller. Rods For Lakes and Pits (Ledger Tactics) The most popular choice would be for you to select a...

Well another tench season has opened and many keen tenchmen have their rods ready for the commencement of April. But can we suffer with the weather at that time of year!  Some severe frosts give the impression that we should have stuck with the predator...