Matthew Hayes is a British angler who is featured in televised

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Television

Hayes has appeared in several TV series alongside his fishing companion and fellow programme contributor Mick Brown. These include ''The Great Rod Race'', ''The Greater Rod Race'' and ''Wet Nets''. The first two are both about 30 day challenges from the west coast of Ireland, to the east coast of England. Hayes also starred in the TV series ''Mainstream'', in which he travelled down the UK's most famous rivers from 'source to sea', wetting a line or two along the way. He also starred in ''24 Hour Rod Race'' (Series 1 – June 2012) and ''24 Hour Rod Race'' (Series 2 – October 2013) in which he has no companion. Both series involve episodes with Hayes being set a target which he must meet within 24 hours. He also starred in the multi-series ''Total Fishing'' series.

Books

Hayes wrote the books ''Coarse Fishing'' (1995) and ''My Red Letter Days'' (2015).

Other work

Hayes endorsed the fishing video game ''

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'' (2002). He was a judge on the hit BBC 2 TV series ''The Earth's Wildest Waters'' and ''The Big Fish''. Hayes used to write a weekly column in the ''

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Retrieved 21 October 2015

References

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