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Mick Brown (angler)

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Mick Brown
Brown with a specimen carp.
Born
Michael Brown

1946 (age 77–78)
OccupationAngler
Years active1976–present
SpouseJanet Brown
Children4

Michael Brown AKA Mick (born 1946 in Birmingham, England) is a British angler who co-hosts several fishing programs with Matt Hayes on Discovery Real Time (channel).[1] He has starred in over 80 programs.[2] He is best known for his love of targeting predator fish, especially pike.[3]

Brown has released many books on predator fishing[4] and even has his own signature line of fishing rods.[5]

He was born in Birmingham and lived with his parents, two brothers and a sister in the Acocks Green area of the city. He worked as an engineer at Lucas before making his break to be a professional angler in the 1980s. Now married to Jan, he is a father to Daniel, Nicola, Rhiannon, and Kay and has several grandchildren.

Brown is mainly known for accompanying Matt Hayes in programmes such as:

  • Total Fishing 2006
  • Record Breaking Fish
  • The Great Rod Race
  • The Greater Rod Race
  • Wet Nets

He has appeared in over 80 angling programmes. He is also known for his own DVDs such as

  • Mick Brown on Pike Fishing
  • Mick Brown Summer Pike Fishing

Brown has also released books on Pike & Predator fishing such as Pike Fishing: The Practice and the Passion, and Mick Browns Guide to Pike and Predators.

Brown runs a YouTube channel MickBrownFishingTV.

References

  1. ^ "Total Fishing UK Angling with Matt Hayes and Mick Brown :: I2i television". Archived from the original on 13 May 2006. Retrieved 20 December 2007. - Brown and Hayes co-star in several programs together
  2. ^ "Fox International - Read the Consultants". Archived from the original on 18 December 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2007. Starred in over 80 programs
  3. ^ "Fox International - Read the Consultants". Archived from the original on 18 December 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2007. Love of predator fishing
  4. ^ "BOOKS - Lifestyle, sport & leisure: Pike Fishing: The Practice and the Passion". Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2007. books-Pike Fishing: The Practice and the Passion is one of them
  5. ^ [1] Series rods