Appearances can be deceptive, the Tench was about two and a half pound ! The net is a very early steel framed folding head fourteen inches in diameter. The float, a Harcork is smaller than average too.
The pool is very old with deep layers of mud and silt.Norfolk reed and reedmace abound. I planted lilys some years ago. Patches of Potamegon and some soft weed too, so all in all a very food rich environment and it shows with the tench as they're all deep bodied and the Rudd too.