Incredible tench session sees five doubles landed - Alan Rio

“I set off for three nights at a local club lake, which was really busy, but I managed to squeeze into a swim and soon found a few gravel bars and weedbeds at 60 yards. After baiting up with chopped worm, caster and mixed particles, I cast inline 2oz rigs with short hooklinks and worm hookbaits over the top. 

“I had the first bite early on the first evening and from then on my trip involved lots of weighing, photographing and rebaiting! 

“By the end of the third day I’d had the session of a lifetime, banking 11 fish in total, including four nines and the five doubles.

“Using a barometer app on my phone I was able to watch the falling pressure. Interestingly, the doubles all came when the pressure dropped to 997mb, with persistent cloud and rain.” 

Alan’s doubles weighed 10lb 3oz, 10lb 7oz, 10lb 7oz, 10lb 10oz and 10lb 13oz - that’s some session!

Alan’s biggest tench of the session went 10lb 13oz