Theo Pike
Theo Pike is a freelance environmental, fishing and marketing writer. He’s Chair of Trustees of the South East Rivers Trust, and founding editor of urbantrout.net, a website and eco-brand dedicated to the urban fly fishing and river restoration movements.
His first book, Trout in Dirty Places, was published by Merlin Unwin Books in 2012, and his manual on controlling invasive non-native species, The Pocket Guide to Balsam Bashing, has recently been republished in ebook format. This book featured several urban rivers in Wales.
Theo now also works with the Wild Trout Trust as their Trout in the Town Officer (South) helping to boost the impact of this programme across the south of England and Wales.

Salmon & Sea Trout – Fish Care & Photography Guide
As the season draws to a close, it’s more important than ever to handle salmon and sewin (sea…
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October Fishing in Wales: Fish Species to Target This Autumn
Autumn fishing in Wales offers a wealth of opportunities, from hard-fighting river grayling, stillwater rainbow trout, to pike, perch, carp…
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Lure fishing Llyn Tegid Bala Lake VIDEO
We visit the largest natural lake in Wales, Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid) armed with a spinning rod. We are after…
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