Matthew Hayes

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Matthew 'Matt' Hayes (born 24 November, 1961 in Smethwick near Birmingham, UK) is a British angler who has been making television angling programmes for the last 10 years featuring mainly on the digital TV channel, Discovery Real Time. Due to his television work and the numerous fishing articles he has written, Hayes is one of the UK's most famous and recognisable anglers. He is often seen on TV alongside his fishing companion and fellow programme contributor Mick Brown. Hayes has a Law degree from Wolverhampton University and he currently lives in Shropshire, the UK.

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[edit] Early years

[edit] First job

When he was 28 Hayes was Sales & Marketing Director for a Pirelli Tyres workshop in Birmingham. The angling company Shimano had offered Hayes a deal, and he quit his job and took Shimano up on the offer.


He Won specimen fishing's top prize, the Drennan Cup in 1997 and then dropped out of serious big fish angling to rediscover pleasure fishing. According to Hayes, he still enjoys catching larger fish but prefers catching lots of differant species. I apologise to everyone who read this article recently. I am doing this because I have have had to correct the year Matt won the Drennan Cup. It is now 1997 but before it was 1998. Terry Lampard actually won it in 1998.

Hayes has written a weekly column in the Angling Times for almost ten years and starred in every issue of Improve Your Coarse Fishing since issue 3.He also fished batts pond in henfield and caught a 33lb carp

[edit] T.V work

[edit] Books

Coarse Fishing with Matt Hayes (26 Jun 1995)

[edit] Other

Matt Hayes Fishing - PC CD-Rom - (2002)(2005) Fishing Computer Game

[edit] Common Words/Sayings

  • "Don't they hang on"
  • "Lovely jubbly"
  • "thats a huuuuge fish"
  • "The Duke of Market Deeping" (in reference to Mick Brown)
  • "Sir Michael" (again a reference to Mick Brown)''
  • "that's a clonking fish"
  • "it's a right old zoo creature"
  • "its like jungle warfare in here folks"
  • "Lovely chubly" in reference to a Chub/Chevin
  • "Slab a dabba doo" in reference to a Bream.
  • "Is it really?/Do they really?" (when informed of a fact)
  • "Well done "sir M" a reference to fishing partner Mick Brown"
  • "You might be wondering..."
  • "This is the witching hour for (insert fish name)"
  • " A do as you likey pikey..."
  • " Read um and weep browny..."
  • " Don't tell me you haven't hooked it..."
  • " I have a massive plonker..."

[edit] External links

Matt Hayes Total Fishing Gear Website fookin hell