With a few hours to spare i decided to get a quick session in. So with a pint of maggots i headed to my local lake. I arrived to find that i had the whole lake to myself and the pick of swims. So i spent the first 10 minutes looking for bubbles rising from any feeding Tench and soon found a little spot in the corner. I decided to fish with two feeder rods to increase my chances due to limited time and was soon casting my feeders into about 5 feet of water about 40 feet out.

The rig i use is very simple and still very effective so i have never needed to change it. I start by sliding my feeder onto the 5lb main line which has a link swivel on it to allow an easy change of feeders and weights, then slide on a small black bead to spot the feeder from hitting the shot, which i add on next. I then tie on a hook length consisting of a pieces of 3lb line around 10 inches long with a size 16-12 hook attached. Very simple and very effective.

After about 30 minutes of watching a very still tip it suddenly started to twitch a little and then my first rap around bite from a Tench. It was a nice Tench around 3lb in weight and proof that the bubbles i had spotted earlier were Tench feeding. Things went a little quiet then for about a hour but i kept filling up the feeder and casting in to the same spot every 10 minutes or so and was rewarded with a crazy couple of minutes resulting in two lovely Tench with the biggest being a new PB for me at bang on 5lb. Not a british record breaker by any means but always a result braking your own records.

I managed to get one more Tench to around 3lb and handfull of small Perch before it was time to pack up. A short session but great results. Maggots have to be one of the best baits for Tench fishing!! Plus it's a great way of fishing for them. If your not catching with your boilies try maggots!