Matthew Hayes is a British angler[1] who is featured in televised angling shows on Discovery Real Time.
Hayes has appeared in several TV series alongside his fishing companion and fellow programme contributor Mick Brown.
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.
[1] 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 Angling Times, and serves as the President of The Carp Society.