Lake Escapes

Matt Hayes visits Lapland, where he discovers brown trout, grayling, pike and Arctic char on the Lais River and Fluka lake system.

Matt Hayes heads to Le Mans in France hoping to hook a variety of carp.

Matt Hayes heads to Norway's Trondelag region and fishes for salmon in the River Gaula.

Matt Hayes heads to Lake Unichowo in search of pike on the Polish leg of his fishing adventure.

Matt Hayes visits the River Towy in Pembrokeshire, where he heads straight for the water to fish for sea trout.

Matt Hayes travels to Ireland's Lough Corrib in Co Galway, where he arrives just in time for the mayfly hatch and sets about fishing for brown trout.

Expert angler Matt Hayes heads to the Osel Chalet Fishing Camp in Vestervik to experience Swedish pike-fishing.

Matt Hayes and Belgian angler Ronny de Groot head to Symonds Yat on the border of England and Wales to fish for barbel and chub on the River Wye.

Matt Hayes visits Faial in the Azores, where he tries to catch blue marlin from his hi-tech fishing boat.

Matt Hayes takes in the historic sites of the famous Italian city of Pisa, and finds time to do a spot of carp fishing.

Matt Hayes goes in search of pike at Castle Leslie Lake, Co Monaghan, in Ireland.

Matt Hayes heads into the mid-Atlantic waters off the coast of Madeira in search of the grande wahoo.

Angling expert Matt Hayes indulges in a spot of pike fishing on Lake Windermere, Cumbria.

Matt Hayes visits Holland's Volkerak region and meets Bertus Rozemeijer, one of the world's most renowned zander fishermen.

Matt Hayes visits northern Spain in the hope of landing catfish from the banks of the River Ebro.