As a child, tench were always my favourite fish. To this day they still hold a fascination with me and I always enjoy reading about them. There have not been all that many books devoted entirely to the species, my list below containing just seventeen titles. Most of these are fairly easily available from a good fishing book dealer though expect to pay a decent price for the two Fred Taylor books. The only one you may have a little trouble finding is D.R. Wakefield's 'The Diary and Observations of a Tench Fisher'. A slim book published in 1981 by the Chevington Press. As far as I can tell the entire edition was limited to just 50 copies bound in quarter-leather and printed on hand-made paper. Most of these seem to be in the hands of art collectors rather than fisherman. I have only ever seen one copy for sale and that was being advertised in excess of £900. Needless to say this is one book I don't have in my collection. One day.....
UPDATE 02/09/11 - There's currently a copy of Wakefield's book available in America for the princely sum of $2500 (£1580ish). Don't think my pockets stretch that deep.
- Arbery (Len) – Catching Big Tench 1989
- Arbery (Len) – In Pursuit of Big Tench 1996
- Brotherton (Harry) – Tench: How to Catch Them 1954
- Church (Bob, Editor) – Big Tench 2005
- Church (Bob) – Catch More Tench 1974
- Gibbinson (Jim) –Tench (Successful Angling Series) 1990
- Head (Len) – Tench 1986
- Holgate (James, Editor) – Tench: A Handbook of Techniques 2009
- Nixon (John Deverell) & Gillespie (Ian) – The Art of Carp and Tench Fishing 1965
- Pullen (Graeme) – Go Fishing for Tench 1989
- Rickards (Barrie) & Webb (Ray) – Fishing For Big Tench 1976
- Taylor (Fred J.) – Tench Fishing 1962
- Taylor (Fred J.) – Tench (Richard Walker Angling Library) 1971
- The Tenchfishers - Tinca Tinca 2013
- Turnbull (Chris) – A Time for Tench 2004
- Turnbull (Chris) – Success with Big Tench 1992
- Wakefield (D.R.) – The Diary and Observations of Tench Fisher 1981
- Wilson (John) - Catch Tench with John Wilson 1991
