The PVA EXPO PRAHA trade fair complex has become a member of the prestigious international Global Association of the Exhibition Industry UFI, thereby confirming its strong position in the trade fair industry within Central Europe.

The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry UFI, of which PVA EXPO PRAHA has been a member since February 10 in the Trade Fair Area category, brings together organizers of world trade fairs and operators of exhibition centres, exhibition associations and selected partners in this sector from almost ninety countries around the world.

Our exhibition centre, as well as its parent company ABF, a.s., have, with this decision during the association's annual meeting, ranked among the most prestigious players in the trade fair industry, at an international level. "This decision is a great moment for us, because it gives our partners, exhibitors and visitors a clear signal about the high standard of trade fairs at PVA EXPO PRAHA and the quality of facilities for a wide portfolio of events offered by the most modern exhibition area in the Czech Republic," said Martin František Přívetivý, CEO of ABF, a.s.

We are pleased to announce the expansion of our activities on an international level. To enhance the accessibility of our services and streamline communication with our international partners and visitors, we are expanding our network of foreign partners. You can now connect with us through our partners in Poland and China. We will keep you updated about additional countries as they are added.  This step reflects our long-term commitment to supporting globalization, fostering new business connections, and promoting our trade fair as a significant platform for networking and showcasing innovations.  We believe this ongoing initiative will create new opportunities not only for us but also for all our partners, exhibitors, and visitors. 

All visitors to the fair events of ABF, a.s. they will meet significant news from September! At each trade fair, they will be able to view the latest Škoda Auto cars in detail. We are very happy that we have established a partnership with this popular Czech car company, which is currently placing more and more emphasis on sustainability and ecology. The partnership will allow us to further strengthen our role as a leader in trade fairs and innovation. If, like us, you are looking forward to the biggest show of new Škoda cars at the PVA EXPO PRAHA exhibition center, then you should definitely not miss the e-Salon, which will take place from 7 to 10 November.

Choose the events you want to attend this year and save the dates! There are plenty to choose from. Thank you for your visits last year. Thanks to you, we are the largest and most successful modern fairground in the Czech Republic. You can also download the 2024 calendar of events as a PDF file HERE.

Hall 5 will once again be transformed into the Spinner's Arena. All incoming fishermen can look forward to a giant glass-aquarium full of fish (size 8 x 3 x 1m), where presentations of fishing brands will take place throughout the fair. In the Spinner's Arena, manufacturers and sellers of artificial lures for hunting predatory fish will present themselves on an exhibition area of ​​over 2,000 m². There will also be manufacturers of fishing boats, combustion engines and echo sounders.

Most of the important and regular exhibitors of the fair FOR FISHING have already reserved their exhibition space and they are already planning their specific form of exhibitions. A lot of interesting news will be prepared for fishermen who come to this fishing event from all over the Czech Republic and abroad. Many permanent exhibitors are increasing their exhibition area, some companies will present themselves in Letňany for the first time, and many of them are preparing a range of fishing equipment for their customers. Once again, fishing celebrities from the Czech republic as well as from abroad, will appear this year, there will also be lectures, competitions, Friday LIVE broadcasts, and even the glass aquarium AQUA - DEMO.

The fishing trade fair FOR FISHING 2023 will start the new fishing season and you can be there. You can look forward to exhibitors not only from the Czech Republic, fishing news for 2023, a rich accompanying program, lectures, competitions and well-known fishing personalities.

- participation of Jakub Vágner during the trade fair, autograph signing by the actor and passionate fisherman Rudolf Hrušínský Jr

- visitors´ competition for a Lowrance echo sonar worth over CZK 35,000

- interesting lectures focused on all fishing techniques

- Kateřina Marková and CASTING SPORT will not be missing either

Follow us, we continuously present the exhibitors.

You can buy tickets here: https://1url.cz/trdSB

The new brand of fishing clothes and accessories Adventer & fishing has entered the market in nine European countries, including the Czech Republic!

You can also look forward to this brand at the For Fishing trade fair.

The founders of Adventer & fishing are Czechs Tomáš Podlipský and Jiří Král. They decided to create a collection of clothing designed especially for fishing at sea and in temperate zone conditions. They believe that they will be able to differentiate themselves from the competition not only by the quality and complexity of the offer, but also by long-term testing of the clothing before it was put on sale.

In the meantime, check out www.adventerfishing.com for their first collection!

Dear visitors, as has already become customary at the FOR FISHING trade fair, this year you will have the opportunity to participate in the visitors' competition. All you have to do is come to the trade fair, complete the questionnaire and drop it in the boxes in the Entrance Halls II and III at the information desk. The competition will last until 3 p.m. on Sunday 19 February 2023.

The FOR FISHING trade fair will be held from 16 to 19 February 2023. Preparations for the trade fair have already begun. The application documentation is ready. Take advantage of the early bird rates which are valid until 30 November 2022.

Date: 20 - 23 February 2025

Place: PVA EXPO PRAHA Letňany

Date of Event, Opening hours for exhibitors:

19. February 10 a.m. – 18 p.m.

20. February 10 a.m. – 18 p.m.

21. February 10 a.m. – 18 p.m.

22. February 10 a.m. – 16 p.m.

Disassembly time:

22. February 2026  /  16:00 p.m. - 00:00
23. February 2026 /   00:00 - 10:00 a.m.

APPLICATION FORM

Already the 11th edition of FOR FISHING 2020 trade fair took part at PVA EXPO PRAGUE during 20 – 23 February 2020. Halls were bursting at the seams during all  exhibiton days. As Jakub Vagner mentioned during the opening ceremony – FOR FISHING is one of Europe's top fishing fairs! And this is confirmed by the statistics of FOR FISHING 2020:

• 211 exhibitors
• 19 170 m2 of exhibition area
• 26 foreign exhibitors, 11 countries presented
• 38, 549 visitors

We hope everyone enjoyed the atmosphere of this great show!

Thank you a lot to all exhibitors, partners and visitors.

A traditional part of the FOR FISHING Trade Fair was the GRAND PRIX competition this year as well. Altogether 24 exhibits were registered in the competition for the Best News of the Year award. The Expert Jury granted the awards in the following categories:

CARP FISHING TECHNIQUE: to the firm Lukáš Krása for the product known as “LK BAITS NUTRIGO ”

SEA FISHING TECHNIQUE: to the firm Mgr. Filip Souček for the product “SAF Screw Fish Head Natural”

SPINNING FISHING TECHNIQUE: to the firm MOSS.SK, s.r.o. for the crossbody bag “Delphin ATAK! Swift”

CATFISH FISHING TECHNIQUE: to the firm Zfishing Sport Wholesale s.r.o. for the rod “Zfish Rod Catfish Morga 2,70m/ 100-400g”

FEEDER FISHING TECHNIQUE: to the firm Abramis Sp. z o.o. for the rod “WAA681-330 KATSUDO SLIM METHOD FEEDER 330 c.w. up to 90g”

CATEGORY MATTER OF INTEREST OF THE TRADE FAIR: to the firm MOSS.SK, s.r.o. for the mat used under fish “Delphin DuoMAT”

The FOR FISHING Trade Fair appreciated the most impressive expositions of the event with the TOP EXPO award:

Category 4 - 49 m² - PPC Machela Sp. z o.o.

Category 50 - 99 m² - Zebco Europe GmbH

Category 100 - 149 m²: Zfishing Sport Wholesale s.r.o.

Category 150 - 249 m²: Sportcarp Vápeník a Šaravec, s.r.o.

Category 250 - 349 m² - MIVARDI s.r.o.

Congratulation!

FOR FISHING 2019 took place at PVA EXPO PRAGUE during 14 – 17 February 2019. Once again, during the opening ceremony the trade fair was named as the largest fishing fair in Europe by Jakub Vagner. Four halls of PVA EXPO offered 16 005 m2 of the exhibition area and 202 exhibitors, not only from the Czech Republic, but also from 12 countries.

During 4 days the fair was attended by 38 135 visitors, it is increase by 14 % in comparison with the attendance of 2018.

We would like to thank to all exhibitors, partners and visitors as well. Right now we are working on the 11th edition of FOR FISHING 2020!

Looking forward to seeing you in Prague!

PVA EXPO PRAGUE hosted already the 9th edition of FOR FISHING trade fair from 15 to 18 February 2018. During the opening cerremony Jakub Vagner highlighted FOR FISHING as the largest fishing trade fair in Europe.  About 203 exhibitors were presenting on the area of 16 051 m2 in 5 halls of PVA EXPO PRAGUE. Not only czech companies, but also 30 exhibitors from 12 countries were exhibiting at FOR FISHING.  33 343 guests visited the trade fair during 4 days, i.e.  increase by 7 % in comparison with 2017. Many thanks to all involved – the exhibitors, the partners and the visitors. Right now we start working on the upcoming 10th anniversary of FOR FISHING that promises something more!

Dear visitors, exhibitors and partners!

Thank you for your participation and cooperation at the 8th fair FOR FISHING. This year's fair participated:
   31,073 visitors
   181 exhibitors
   12 states

We firmly believe that the next year will be as successful as this year!

"In my opinion, the 2017 FOR FISHING has fostered its position of a leading fishing trade fair with panEuropean importance. I was pleased by the record-breaking interest of exhibitors originating from 12 different countries, who presented more than 800 fishing brands to visitors. The exhibition halls with hundreds of expositions attracted a lot of fishing celebrities to Prague, from the Czech Republic and abroad, experienced anglers, as well as families with children, which pleased me very much. I myself am looking forward to cooperation during the 9th edition of the FOR FISHING 2018 and I wish a lot of fishing success to all anglers."

- Jakub Vágner, JAKUB VÁGNER RYBÁŘSTVÍ

"This year’s edition (2017) has been already the third one in which Fox participated with its exposition intended for the FOR FISHING Exhibition. From my point of view it is possible to see that the level of this exhibition is continually moving forward, which can be seen not only in terms of the number of visitors, but especially in terms of the number of exhibitors. Also the size of our exposition has risen this year up to 300 square metres. This confirms the importance which Fox International ascribes to this exhibition. I highly appreciate wide corridors between individual expositions, thanks to which visitors do not feel constrained, in spite of a large number of visitors, as it is often the case at other exhibitions."

- Roman Veselý, FOX INTERNATIONAL

“The show organisation was very professional, the walkways were a good size and not too narrow. The exhibitors all put on excellent stands and in no hall did it feel like a market stall. All in all, I thought it was an excellent show and was pleasantly surprised by all aspects of the show and the customers enthusiasm.” 
 

- Scott Day , FOX INTERNATIONAL

“I would like to state that the FOR FISHING trade fair was one of the best exhibitions which we have ever visited in Europe. We were highly satisfied with absolutely professional organisation and a large number of visitors. Simply said, it was really a perfect event.”
 

- Pete Tingle, TRAKKER 
 

“I had big expectations, as far as the FOR FISHING trade fair is concerned, but the reality still exceeded them. Especially the number of visitors was spectacular. Thanks to them and to the enormous interest I even was not able to see all halls and expositions for the entire period of four days, next time I will have to arrange for it still before the official opening of the trade fair. The trade fair organisation was running well, without any problem, and our foreign partners were satisfied as well. I will be glad to take part in the FF event next year again.”
 

 - Michal Kučera, MIKBAITS
 

“FOR FISHING was the best event of this type which we have ever attended. It was possible to see that the interest of fishers in the trade fair is enormous, mainly thanks to the wide choice of exhibitors from all possible fishing branches. Everybody had a possibility of finding one’s own object of interest and seeing a lot of innovations from the fishing sector.”
 

 - Pavel Šustr, CHYTIL