Glasgow Angling Centre and Angling Scotland have today announced that from 1st February 2026, the first 10,000 individuals joining Angling Scotland will get their membership fee back in the form of a voucher to spend either on-line at fishingmegastore.com or in-store at Glasgow or Edinburgh Angling Centres!
Angling Scotland Chair, Alison Baker, said, “We are delighted to announce this partnership and extremely generous offer, which will not only benefit our members but hopefully help to increase membership of Angling Scotland and allow us to bring more pressure to bear on Scottish Ministers, Government Departments, businesses, and other key stakeholders to address the seemingly ever-increasing number of threats to angling”.
There are an estimated 400,000 anglers in Scotland today, and over the years it has become evident that a significant percentage of recreational anglers do not feel that the sport governing bodies can represent their interests and concerns as non-competitive anglers. The fact that the majority of anglers do not belong to an organisation that can effectively represent their interest not only results in them having no voice as individuals but also means that we as a sector are unable to bring to bear the weight of 400,000 anglers/voters when engaging with the Scottish Government and other key stakeholders on major issues affecting the aquatic environment, angling and anglers. In an attempt to address this, in April 2025 Angling Scotland decided to offer an individual membership, open to everyone.
Glasgow Angling Centre Managing Director, Paul Devlin, said “With increasing threats to our sport, fish, and environment, it’s more crucial than ever that we come together and demonstrate the strength of our collective passion and commitment. Our focus has always been to champion a unified voice for all anglers in Scotland, and we believe that Angling Scotland is best placed to deliver that.”
Why should I join?
Angling in Scotland is facing an ever-increasing number of threats to its future. Environmental impacts due to climate change; pollution from sewage discharges, industrial spills, agricultural run-off, and from commercial salmon farming; predation; poaching & illegal/unlawful fish removals; spread of disease and invasive non-native species; as-yet-unknown impacts of other reintroduction/rewilding programs; increasing restrictions on access for angling; pressure from the anti-angling lobby, etc, etc. 
The list goes on and on! Angling Scotland is the only body that is set up specifically to represent the interests of all Anglers, irrespective of whether they fish recreationally or competitively or what discipline of angling they participate in. It is the only body that can unite ALL anglers and potentially generate sufficient membership to bring pressure on Scottish Ministers and other key stakeholders to affect the real change that we need so urgently!
In addition to dealing with threats to habitats, fish, and fishing Angling Scotland is working to ensure that angling is available to ALL, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or geographic location. We aim to achieve this by bringing together all the types of angling; training and licensing coaches; removing barriers and providing opportunities to try angling and pathways for both competitive and recreational anglers to support the next generation; and ensuring there is a future. We all know that Angling has great benefits – enabling people to be outdoors, improving mental and physical health and wellbeing as well as cognitive skills, and bring people closer to wildlife. But it also has huge benefits for the environment. Anglers are the ‘eyes and ears’ of our rivers, lochs and seas. They are uniquely placed to notice the subtle changes to the aquatic environment and behaviour of fish that are often the first signs of a problem, and they have a vested interest in reporting environmental issues and championing the drive for clean water.
SFCA Chairman and Angling Scotland Director, Gus Brindle, said. “This extremely generous offer from Glasgow Angling Centre boss Paul Devlin, means that you can now effectively join Angling Scotland for FREE! All you need to do is join or renew via the JustGo Membership System for £5.00. You will then receive an email with a link to redeem £5.00 worth of Rewards Points which can be spent online at ‘fishingmegastore.com, or in-store at either Glasgow Angling Centre or Edinburgh Angling Centre. It’s that simple! By becoming a member you will also get access to the JustGo Rewards scheme and the opportunity to make some incredible savings on some of the biggest UK and International brands. But most importantly you will be giving us your support and a bigger voice to protect our sport for future generations.”
This offer is open to the first 10,000 members only, so act now and JOIN US TODAY, and help us to protect the future of our sport. Simply visit us at https://adbos.azolve.com/ and follow the on-screen instructions to either ‘Sign-Up’ as a new member or log in and add an Angling Scotland membership to your existing account.
Or scan the QR code here and get a link direct to the site. Voucher is limited to the first 10,000 Anglers who sign up. So get the bonus while you can.
