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Key points about EFTTEX 2025
- Dates and Venue: September 10-12, 2025, Brussels Expo, Place de Belgique 1, 1020 Brussels.
- Format: reserved exclusively for industry professionals, manufacturers, distributors, retailers and the trade press.
- Importance: a benchmark trade show for over 40 years, each year bringing together the best in fishing innovation (rods, reels, lures, accessories), bringing together major brands, European and international distributors, and exhibiting over 200 companies in the sector.
- News 2025: EFTTEX merges with Angling International LIVE, making Brussels the single rally point for the entire industry this year.
Show highlights
- Best new product competition (innovation competition, winners presented at the Gala).
- A fly-fishing village & a casting tank for product testing.
- Networking opportunities with the entire European market.
The main winners of EFTTEX 2025
General accessory : Belt JM Gillies
Technical clothing : Snowbee UK Graphene Quilted Thermal Jacket
Electronic equipment : Deeper Smart Sonar
Wading shoes : Dry Walker Strong Truck Tower Edition
Fishing goggles : Wiley X Jakl
Fly fishing line: Balazs Filament Technologies (BFT) Carbotex Steelhead
Fly reel : Snowbee UK Classic 2 Cassette with fly lines
Fly rod : Snowbee UK Spectre Pro 9'#9
Fly waders: Snowbee UK STX2 Breathable Stockingfoot XL Long
Hard spinning lure : Scorziello Sasa Cometa
Soft spinning lure : Livingston Lures Menace / Gremlin / Bottle Rocket
Sea spinning reel : KastKing Kapstan Elite Spinning
Spinning/baitcasting rod: PT Central Sarana Pancing IBLIZ BC 662
Spinning/baitcasting hook: Mustad UV Orange Treble
Spinning line : Plastools Fluo Spin Cast
Spinning and baitcasting reels: Svivlo Draken One
The big winners were Snowbee UK (multiple fly and clothing prizes), Mustad (hooks, jigs, rods), JM Gillies, KastKing, Livingston Lures and PT Central Sarana Pancing.
Plastools, Balazs Filament Technologies and Wiley X also received awards.
These results testify to the international dynamism of the fishing industry and the advanced techniques that benefit European and global fishermen.
The 2026 edition will be held in Barcelona, confirming the show's European rotation.
