OPEN WEEKEND
It’s almost the start of another great season of fishing and that can only mean one thing to the avid angler – the Glasgow Angling Centre Spring Open Weekend is just around the corner!
Preview of Scotland’s biggest angling event.
This year Scotland’s largest FREE angling event will be held from Friday 2nd until Sunday 4th March 2018, and this one is set to be their best yet! The team at GAC will be making a number of improvements to the format this year, but all your favourite bits of the show will still be there. Every major tackle brand in the industry will be in attendance with their latest products on show and experts will be on hand to talk you through the latest developments in every aspect of fishing. There will be FREE fishing tuition available for all types of angling, from fly casting lessons and coarse fish taster session for kids, to slide shows and rig building workshops. You can rub shoulders with some of the most well known anglers in the country like Paul Young, Hywel Morgan, Paul Johnstone, Stevie Soutar, George Cunningham and many more. Browse through 1000’s of special offers on all types of fishing gear, and all customers receive a £5 credit back for every £50 spent over the three days – plus you can even pick up a freebie just for pre-registering your attendance on the fishingmegastore.com website!
Dedicated anglers travel to Glasgow from all over the UK and even abroad - and it is easy to see why. There is more to see and do for the keen fisherman than any other angling show in the UK can offer. With almost 30 years in the trade they know exactly what anglers want to see and that’s why they have hundreds of rods and reels set up and on display for you to touch and try. You can have a go with any rod you like on their bespoke casting pool or even on the nearby canal basin – by far the best way to make sure you have chosen the best rod for your needs be it from Century, Greys, Penn, Daiwa, TronixPro, Imax, Leeda, Shimano, Sonik, HTO, Shakespeare, Vercelli, ABU, Savage Gear or any one of the dozens of other top brands in stock. The UKs biggest range of sea angling clothing and footwear from Vass, Daiwa, IMAX, Fisheagle, Mustad, TronixPro and many more
A huge selection of sea fishing terminal tackle, rigs and lures like no other from top manufacturers like TronixPro, Breakaway, Gemini, Mustad, Suffix, Savage Gear, Cox and Rawl, Greys, Sidewinder, HTO, giving visitors the perfect opportunity to restock those depleted tackle boxes and rig wallets for the coming months.
Comprehensive Sea and Coarse fishing departments are bulging with goodies all the best known brands. GAC has more fishing lures in stock and on display than any tackle shop in Europe and has become a mecca for keen predator anglers in recent years for this very reason with all the latest and greatest from Savage Gear, Westin, Rapala, Salmo and more. The Glasgow store is now also home to Just Fish and Shoot, a fantastic range of fishing and shooting themed gifts, novelties and homewares designed to fill that gap in the market for the man or woman that has everything – check out their unique range at www. justfish.co.uk or check it out instore.
With so much on offer you can easily spend a whole day in the store, but it is not just about buying shiny new gear – the guys at GAC want to educate anglers too with FREE rig building and bait preparation workshops, casting tuition, fly tying demonstrations, lure tank demos, kids activities, fishing taster sessions, fly casting demos and they have brought in the best guys from around the world to show you! With seating, toilets, onsite catering and refreshments, as well as FREE parking for 100’s of cars, you can afford to take your time. Which is just as well as there’s so much to see and do at these events!
If you shoot as well as fish then don’t forget that the Glasgow Field Sports store is also located inside GAC, with hunting and shooting equipment and country clothing from top brands like Harkila, Seeland, Jack Pyke, Swarovski and many more, plus a well-stocked gunroom with over 500 new and used Airguns, Shotguns and Rifles for all your hunting and shooting needs.
Clyde Outboard services will be attending with a range of outboard motors and boats plus special offers on repairs and servicing for boat owners.
The team from Bauer Media, the name behind some great magazine titles like Trout and Salmon, Trout Fisherman, Sea Angler and Angling Times will be instore with an amazing offer for anyone who takes a subscription out to their favourite magazines on the day, plus you can meet and chat with the editorial staff of your favourite fishing title!