PESCARE SHOW 2026 STARTS TOMORROW: IN RIMINI, THREE DAYS IMMERSED IN THE WORLD OF SPORT FISHING

• From tomorrow to Sunday 15^th February, IEG’s Expo Centre and the Riviera will be hosting the second Rimini edition of the Show, twice as big as in 2025
• Six halls, over 160 brands and the best of fishing equipment, pleasure boating, motor sport engineering and electronics, proposals for outdoor activities and fishing tourism, as well as sports champions, awards ceremonies and special areas
• Spotlight on the marine economy, environmental sustainability and training new generations

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Rimini, 12^th February 2026 – The curtain will be raised tomorrow on Pescare Show 2026, the international sports fishing and recreatioal boating exhibition, organised by Italian Exhibition Group (IEG). Until Sunday 15^th February, Rimini Expo Centre and the Riviera will be the beating heart of a hobby that unites sport, nature and lifestyle, welcoming professionals, companies and enthusiasts from all over Italy and abroad. Pescare Show will be double the size of the 2025 edition: six halls and over 160 brands and exhibitors to offer the visitor a complete showcase on the world of sport fishing (from spinning to big game, from fly to carp fishing) alongside the latest innovations in recreational boating, electronics and motor sport engineering. Ample space will be given to outdoor proposals and a tourism area that has never been so packed. Tourism will, in fact, be one of the hot topics of this edition: in Italy, where sports tourism is worth 12 billion euros (+8% in 2024, source Banca Ifis), Pescare Show will act as a hub to discover new tourist destinations for anglers, from lodges in Denmark and Greenland to luxury charters in the Mediterranean, and meet professional guides from Trentino, Friuli and Italy’s inland waters.

SPORT, TRAINING AND PROTECTION: NOT-TO-BE-MISSED EVENTS

The sporting heart of the event will be hall C3 where the Italian leg of the Casting and Fly Casting World Cup, the first European indoor competition of this discipline, will take place. Organized by FIPSAS and ICFS, more than 100 athletes from 10 countries will be competing. But Pescare Show is also an occasion for institutional and scientific debate. A leading role will be played by the Emilia-Romagna Region which, together with FIPSAS and the university world, will stage a busy schedule of conferences in the Fishing Arena. Several meetings are planned for Friday 13^th February, from "fishing huts" to fishing tourism as an economic resource, European projects for the protection of eels, and the presentation of the new Regional Fishing Charter. On Saturday 14^th, wildlife management will be the topic of the conference on fish-eating birds and, in the afternoon, the focus will be on young people with the F.A.A.R. project. (Fishing and Environmental Education for Teens), the course that introduces under 18s to conscious fishing. Sunday 15^th will see a conference on the future of competitive fishing between regulations and sustainability

PESCARE SHOW: AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE

Pescare Show 2026 will provide a firsthand experienced that goes from the Casting Pools, where visitors will be able to learn from world masters such as Tellis Katsogiannos and Christopher Rownes, to the Fly Tying Experience area, specifically for the world of fly fishing. An absolute new entry will be the Italian Lure Builders area (manufacturers of artificial bait) and the Social Media Village, where fans will be able to meet the most well-known influencers. The show will also feature projects for well-being and health with Casting for Recovery, the association that uses the benefits of fly fishing movement to promote the physical rehabilitation and emotional well-being of women who have undergone breast cancer surgery.

FROM THE EXPO HALLS TO THE RIVIERA: A WIDESPREAD CELEBRATION

The spirit of this edition will extend beyond the boundaries of the Expo to embrace the territory. Thanks to the centrality of Rimini, Pescare Show will become a widespread event: from sea trials at the Rimini Boating Club to the finals of the Lake Trophy at Pascoli Lake. A synergy between IEG and the Romagna Riviera that confirms the area’s ability to systemize, offering an experience that unites business, sport and hospitality.

ABOUT PESCARE SHOW 2026

Organisation: Italian Exhibition Group S.p.A. Entry: trade and the public (from Friday 13^th to Sunday 15^th February 2026, Rimini Expo Centre), 2^nd edition; www.pescareshow.it; Facebook: www.facebook.com/pescare.show; Instagram: www.instagram.com; YouTube: www.youtube.com; #pescareshow26.

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