What I’ve said
As a result of my hands-on experience in urban river restoration – including mobilising local support, motivating volunteers, best practice for river cleanups and promoting positive links between angling and conservation – I’m often asked to speak and comment on environmental issues.
Click on the links below for some of my most recent interviews:
- Angling Times: Commenting on the importance of Hector Rodriguez’s Wandle salmon kelt: January 2024
- Fish & Fly: Profile by John Bailey: December 2021
- Angling Times: Discussing the positive impacts of magnet fishing: May 2021
- Farlows LIVE: Reflecting on urban rivers: July 2020
- South West Londoner: Communicating the benefits of urban fishing: June 2018
- The Telegraph: Supporting urban river restoration in Manchester: July 2015
- SCALE Magazine: London trout and urban river restoration: December 2014
- The Independent: Comments on an exciting new rewilding initiative, reintroducing the iconic mayfly to the River Wandle: June 2014
- Radio New Zealand: Exploring how trout are making a comeback to Britain’s urban rivers: April 2012
- Talksport’s Fisherman’s Blues: A chat with Keith Arthur about urban fly-fishing and much more (0700 – 0730, 19:24 onwards): April 2012
- BBC Radio 4: Urban fly-fishing with Evan Davis for the flagship Today programme: April 2012
- The Independent: An interview to launch my new book Trout in Dirty Places, a snapshot of urban river restoration at the start of the 21st century: March 2012
- Total Flyfisher: News of trout spawning again in the Wandle after more than 80 years: January 2012
- Hounslow Chronicle: Comments on Thames Water’s handling of pollution incidents on the Rivers Wandle and Crane: November 2011
- National Geographic: Urban fishing in rebounding rivers: May 2010
- BBC Open Country: River cleanups, community cohesion and the benefits of healthy urban environments: February 2010
- Fly Fishing & Fly Tying: Profile and outline of my work on the River Wandle: December 2009
- City Bumpkin: Podcast on river cleanups and motivating volunteers: November 2008
- London Metro: A journalist’s crash course in urban fly-casting: June 2008
- The Field: Priorities for restoring South London’s River Wandle after a disastrous pollution incident: January 2008
