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A Big One Show welcome from our Event Director Vince Davies

HI THERE, and welcome to Angling Times’ exclusive guide to The Big One 2018 – the biggest and best angling show in the UK. The Big One celebrates its 27th anniversary this year and, as show organiser, I have to say I’ve never been so excited about the show as I am in 2018!

More tackle stands than ever before, more celebrities to mingle with, more seminars to enjoy, more fishing films to watch, more great-value kit to buy… and all in a fantastic new venue after we outgrew the last one.

We have sold more advance tickets for the show than ever before, and our special VIP packages have been so popular that we haven’t any left.

It’s fair to say that last year’s recordbreaking 21,000 visitors to The Big One will be comprehensively beaten this year, with many people taking advantage of our special two-day ticket, simply because they know they won’t be able to see everything in a single day.

In this special show preview, Angling Times tackle editor Mark Sawyer reveals some of the great new products that will be on display, while there is also a pull-out floorplan, details of opening times and directions (page 38) and a programme of all the seminars from the country’s top anglers.

It’s all here for what promises to be one of the best weekends of the year for every angler.

I’ll see you there!