Sportfish Show, Weekend May 11th & 12th 2019

Summer starts with the UK’s biggest and best FREE fishing event – the Sportfish Show at the Sportfish Game Fishing Centre, Reading.

The game fishing event of the year takes place at the Sportfish Game Fishing Centre, Theale, Reading, Berkshire from 9am on Saturday 11th and 10am on Sunday 12th May 2019 so join us, and all the leading brands in the world of game fishing, and start your summer in true Sportfish style.

Join us lakeside and be part of our annual celebration of game fishing with all the leading stars and manufacturers in the sport present to entertain and instruct you. There are free demonstrations and seminars, great competitions, special show deals and all the latest kit to try and to buy set against a backdrop of two of the finest stillwater trout fisheries in the UK. Browse the marquee packed with leading tackle brands to try and to buy, with experts on hand to quiz about the latest products and how to best use them.

There is a stunning wood-fired pizza oven and a hog roast to tickle the taste buds, plus we have the extremely popular Three Daggers Brewery 'Beer Bus' making an appearance again so you can wash it all down with a refreshing beverage.

There’s a full programme of seminars and demonstrations throughout the weekend too - so be sure to check back for regular updates and you can ‘Like’ us on Facebook and ‘Follow’ us on Twitter for regular live updates.

Jeremy Wade at the 2019 Sportfish Show

Writer, TV presenter and extreme angler Jeremy Wade will be starring at the 2019 Sportfish Show. A biologist with a special interest in rivers and freshwater fish Jeremy has been travelling to the world's most remote rivers for 35 years and has starred in three classic fishing shows: Jungle Hooks, River Monsters and Mighty Rivers.

Jeremy will be launching his new book, How to Think Like a Fish at the Sportfish Show and show attendees will be amongst the first to get their hands on a copy, which is to be published on 2nd May. He will be present throughout the entire show weekend, where he will be giving talks about his adventures, signing books and sitting on some of our Q&A panels. (Photos credits Icon Films and Jeremy Wade).

Confirmed Celebrities, Demonstrators and Authors

Simon Gawesworth – RIO Scott Mackenzie, Andrew Toft & Paul Procter – Mackenzie DTX Jeremy Wade – Writer, TV presenter and Extreme Angler George Edward Mann – Author of The River Itchen at Martyr Worthy

Howard Croston, Andy Murray & Pete Mcleod – Hardy & Greys Simon Kidd – Snowbee Steven Peterson – Simms Ben Bangham – Costa del Mar

Confirmed Brands and Exhibitors

Hardy Greys Sage Orvis RIO Simms Lamson-Waterworks Scientific Anglers Gigafish Vicuna Dubbing FrancNSnaelda Wheatley C&F Cortland Rapala VMC

Redington Fishpond Banana Rods Vision Mclean Snowbee Costa Del Mar Guideline Scott Rods Turrells Wychwood Normark Black & Blue Fario Fly Storm

Ripple Box Mackenzie Veniard Leeda Fulling Mill Patagonia Horizon Le Chameau Farlows Travel 3 Daggers Brewery Laithwaites Wines Mayfly Art Magnet-ique Sufix

Getting there is easy...

By Car - We are just a 5 minute drive from junction 12 on the M4 (view our location page here)

By Rail - Theale Station (Paddington to Exeter line) is just a 2 minute walk away

Stay in touch...

Sportfish Game Fishing Centre, Station Road, Theale, Reading, RG7 4AS
Email: [email protected] Tel: 0118 930 3860