I have written fishing tackle reviews in the past for a number of online and print publications. Once they have been published for a few months, I host them on my own website and you can view them here:
Andrew's Fishing-related Reviews on Just-Fish.co.uk
I have also been writing quite a few reviews for FishingMagic.com and you can find all of my FM reviews here:
Andrew's Tackle Reviews on FishingMagic.com
About Me
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Andrew Kennedy
I'm a UK-based specimen angler and freelance Angling Writer, Reviewer and Consultant located in the East Midlands.
I've had a love of fishing since 1987, mainly in freshwater in England; but I've fished all over the world for Coarse, Game and Sea fish.
Since my late teens I've developed a real love of river fishing and nowadays it's flowing water that I find myself drawn to fish most.
I don't claim to be the best at anything, but after all these years fishing I do like to think I have enough experience to teach something to anyone who'll listen!I also have a love of heavy, nasty, loud and fast music!
Archive Profile Pic - My pre-teen Carp PB!
My second-ever carp, this 9lb 2oz fish taken at Tibshelf Ponds on freelined crust (with 10lb line straight through on a MATCH rod!) set me a long-standing PB back in the mid-90s and marked my first step towards becoming a "Specimen Hunter"
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Perch,Hornets and Difficult Questions - Well it's all been a bit of a whirl and a whorl here of late dodging the odd insignificant shower to trim stalky grass and a burgeoning fringe. The fri...
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Loads of Bites - Sat, overlooking the lake in it's summer glory, listening to the tits and robins chattering behind me I am relieved to have at last sorted three rods and c...
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Cooling down - The heatwave, a backlog of rod builds and a general lack of enthusiasm for fishing has seen me indulging an a lot of slobbing around wishing it wasn't so h...
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New Target - So it has been like for ever since I posted anything up on the blog, well sometime absence makes the heart grow fonder. To be honest the fishing and the ...
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22/04/2018 - Scratching about - After my last grayling trip, weather and work conspired against me and, before I knew it, my river season had fizzled out yet again. A consolatory, canal z...
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Elusive Grayling 'Test' Us - It was time for our annual pilgrimage to the famous river Test so we battled our way through the Cotswold snow and ice down country to beautiful Hampshir...
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The new season arrives! - I'll start this update by saying that an awful lot has happened in my angling and personal life since my last entry, way too much to remember even if I w...
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Bream and Sunburn - We're just back from a quick day and overnight session again down at Attenborough Gravel Pits and just had a couple of nice bream in the net. We were plann...
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2012 - Some of the pike that I managed to catch in 2012 (I did not always remember my camera, or to check the batteries,) However,considering that I had only caugh...
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All change for 2017! - Greetings to all blog readers! It's not often I write in this location any more, but if you're one of my old followers on this platform, or have just di...
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A Suriname Adventure. - Each January for the past several years I have travelled to South America along with Joe Taylor and other likeminded anglers. Joe is the linchpin having s...
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March Madness - I feel that I really should fill in some gaps after my self imposed absence. I had a difficult start to 2016 because of a severe chest infection which re...
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Update - Over two years since my last update! way to much to write about and "a picture paints a thousand words" so check it out Catfish Lakemore 11lb12oz pb T...
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Good bye for now. - So I've not posted much on this blog for the last couple of years and to to prevent kidding myself it's still actually live I'm going to shut down for ...
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Back on the Pool - I was back on the pool last weekend, trying out my new waders by clearing out a fallen tree from the back of the island area, after several cuts and drags ...
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A specialist anglers year, part one - Despite my best intentions to try and resurrect my writing at the start of last year it all went to pot I'm afraid. After taking over the new business we r...
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Pike don't like Mondays - or do they..? - This one hit the lure and threw it in a tailwalk, before it chased it half way across the drain and nailed it under my feet. Not the biggest pike I've e...
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EIS (THE BLOG) IS DEAD. - Please join us at POST-TRASH. It's going to be a slow start, but things will happen and it will be awesome. We remain dedicated to bringing you the best ne...
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Blimey I’ve not posted here for a while! - I’ve been fishing a fair bit, but in my opinion badly. Blanking for tench, carp barbel and big bream seem to have taken up most of my summer. It’s been h...
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Check it.. - I post a bit on face book these days and have a "This Angling Life" face book page. It's far easier to use than blogger especially on a mobile or tablet...
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Men, Women & Children (2014) - Best Men, Women & Children in High Quality VideoNow you can see Men, Women & Children in HD quality with duration 116 Min and has been aired on 2014-10-17...
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Eds first fishing trip - The blog resumes... More or less a year since the last post... There was of course already a baby en-route even then, So the summer passed in a haze of DIY ...
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Mayfly Reflection - There hasn't been much time for fishing recently - my degree has taken priority over the last year and subsequently hobbies have taken a back seat. I did h...
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Suspenders! - Now that the rivers are forbidden, we have to turn our attentions to lakes, pools and canals. There's a very small pool 5 minutes drive away which, despite...
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BIg Pike - Attempt No 12 ( Fens, Boston, Lincs) - If you look back into the blog, tench and grayling have been a particular struggle for me in the diaries but thankfully today is pike fishing. The good ne...
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Return of the blog!!!! - Hey guys, been super busy with work over the summer and obviously lots of fishing thrown in!! Im going to post up a few photos from my summers fishing anti...
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Rare six-clawed lobster is caught off Massachusetts - Fishermen discover mutated crustacean in trap and donate it to Maine State Aquarium in Boothbay Harbor where it will go on public display September 09, 20...
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04/03 Trent - Recovery day following mates stag weekend...played 9 holes of golf then off to the river. Was looking forward to a good days fishing with the weather a bit...
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Chilly Chubbing in January - Over the last month I have been predominantly focusing on the Warwickshire Avon around my local area. To say that the weather has effected this has been an...
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