For those of you whom want to see the title sequences for Wild Fisherman, follow these links.

Hope you enjoy them!

For a while now I have been inundated with requests to provide equipment to charitable angling causes and to make appearances to visit sick adults and children. It is very difficult for me to deal with them since I have limited resources. I am pleased to announce, however that I am going to be linking up with the Dreamstore Foundation. Further details to follow.

I have been receiving quite a few enquiries about guided trips in the coming months and also whether I will be doing any joint trips with Mick Brown. The answer is that I will be doing a limited amount of guiding and I will also be working with Mick. Details of the one to one trips can be found on this site. Those whom wish to book both myself and the Duke should write with details of when and for how many days. All enquiries will be dealt with via the ‘contact us’ link on the website.

Wild Fisherman has been bought by Discovery television and is likely to be screened both in the UK and across Europe in the next few months. There are two series of Wild Fisherman, four episodes in series one from Mozambique and four episodes in series 2 from Norway.

The shows are one hour long and are filmed in full HD. Without doubt, they are different to any of the shows I have made in the past and of far superior quality. The fishing styles are sport fishing techniques using spinning and fly fishing kit both on the ocean and fresh water. The idea behind Wild Fisherman is ‘uncaught fish from inspiring landscapes’ and the series we shot certainly fits the bill.

Those whom prefer hard-core coarse fishing shows will be pleased to hear that Discovery have commissioned me to make a new six-part series titled 24 hour Rod Race.

Updates are available from Discovery television but when I hear news of broadcast dates I will post them.

Following my blog post (some time ago!) about the possibility of a new tv series, the state of play is that Wild Fisherman is with a distributor and it is being offered to various tv channels. The distributors have a great track record of selling programmes and have assured us that Wild Fisherman will hit our tv screens during the next few months.
I have also filmed a pilot episode for a 24 hour rod race that is with Discovery television. The reaction has been very favourable but Discovery have to decide whether they are going to release a budget to fund a new angling series.
With any luck, I should have something on tv within the next 6 months!

Bookings are now being taken for trips with Matt in 2011. There are several options including trips for carp, barbel and fly fishing. If you are interested or would like to book a trip for a partner, please use the ‘contact us’ link on this website, stating the trip you are interested in. On confirmation of the booking, clients will be issued with a booking certificate.

Carp Trip

This is a 3 day trip at a really exclusive venue. The lake is a 26 acre exclusive water known as the Sitch. For most of the year it is fished by a syndicate but it is closed to everyone in April and May. The water contains over 500 carp, the biggest to over thirty pounds but the bulk of the fish are doubles into low twenties. There is a great chance of getting some serious action on this water! The Sitch is a beautiful lake in secluded surroundings and it will be held exclusively for Matt and his guests. There will be no fishing on the Sitch for several weeks prior to the trip.

Matt has places for six guests and the session will last from Monday 25th April at 9.00 am until Wednesday 27th April at 6.00 pm.

Anglers need to bring fishing equipment (two rods per angler), bivvies, camping equipment, food and bait. There are some takeaway restaurants nearby.

Places cost 800.00 per person.

Barbel Fishing on the River Severn

Matt will do a series of one-day barbel fishing trips on a one-to-one basis in late February 2011. The dates available are 23, 24, 25 February. The venue will be the river Severn. After meeting for an early morning cup of tea, Matt will take guests to the river and fishing will be for the rest of the day. Clients should bring their own equipment and bait.

Places cost 500.00 per person.

Fly Fishing, Watermark/Cotswolds

One-to-one days out in late March through to early May. The venue will either be the Watermark stillwater fishery in the cotswolds (rainbow and brown trout) or a small chalk stream containing wild brown trout and grayling (client’s choice). Equipment can be provided or clients may use their own.

Places Cost 700.00 per person

Pike Fly Fishing

One-to-one trips on a trout reservoir fly fishing for pike. The trips will take place in April or early May.

Equipment and flies will be provided.

Places Cost: 650.00 per person

Furnace Mill Fishery/Matt Hayes Academy

These are one day courses for up to 12 people, dealing with the basics of stillwater angling with a float. The courses will be run by Matt Hayes and Ed Brown. The next course is booked for February and at the time of writing there are places available. An ideal trip for anyone looking for trips that are at a lower price. If you are interested, go to www.furnacemill.net for more information or e-mail jane@furnacemill.net

I have agreed that the launch of my new book, Fisheye, is going to be at Farlows in Pall Mall. We have yet to agree the exact date but it looks like being in April.

Lots of people have been enquiring about guided fishing trips in 2011. I am pleased to announce that I will be doing a handful of trips between January and May.
Most will be one-to-one days and there will also be a three day carp trip for six people. Places cost 800.00 per person. If you are interested in pre-booking, use the contact button on this website. Further details to follow…

I have also been discussing with my friend Ed Brown the possibility of running a fishing academy at Furnace Mill fishery near Bewdley. There will be a number of tutorial days with lectures and on-the-bank  instruction from myself/Ed. Each day will be limited to ten or twelve places. The cost looks likely to be between 150 and 200 pounds.

If you are interested in booking in, contact Ed via his own website. You can click on the links on this site or you can go to www.furnacemill.net

I have just published a new feature on this site about my adventures photographing leaping salmon on the Gaula river Norway. There are image included. It can be found in the ‘pages’ section.

I have now reached agreement with M Press to publish my upcoming book. The book will be titled ‘Fisheye – A Guide to Angling Photography’ and the publishing date looks like being next February. Books will be for sale via this site and through a variety of other outlets.

There are 13 chapters ranging from how to take better catch photographs through to advanced photographic techniques such as underwater, night photography and HDR. The book is written for anglers everywhere and will appeal to anyone who takes fishing pictures, be it with a camera phone, compact or DSLR.

‘Fisheye’ will also appeal to anyone who likes looking at angling photographs because there will be plenty of eye-catching images reproduced in a classy format. It looks like the book will be coffee-table style.

I regularly get e-mails and comments to this site from people whom want to make a career out of angling. This book should be like a bible to you because it sets the bar for where you neet to be if you want to make it as a professional angling photo-journalist.

You can pre-order the book by sending an e-mail to the contact us section of this site along with your address and phone number.