The Golden Gate Angling and Casting Club will present the Jimmy Green Spey-O-Rama,The World Championship of Spey Casting April 20th, 21st, and 22nd, 2012 at the world-renowned casting ponds located in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. GGACC is devoted to introducing everyone to fly casting and angling at their historical club and facility. The event is open to the public and admittance is free.

The event will center on Spey casting competitions and single hand and two-hand casting demonstrations by fly casting experts. There are three ways to cast a fly line with the traditional single-handed rod; the roll cast, the overhead cast, and the Spey cast. The Spey cast originated and was developed in Scotland and is most often used with two handed fly rods.

Local, domestic and International casting masters will be offering free demonstrations and clinics each day.

Premium Fly-Fishing rod and reel manufacturers will have their products available for you to use to hone your skills.

The event is open to the public and admittance is free.

Domestic and International casting masters will be offering free demonstrations and clinics each day. Premium fly-fishing tackle manufacturers will have their products available for your testing.

Competitors and fly fishing experts will include: James Chalmers, Ruari Costello, Gerard Downey, Lee Davison, Tommy Aarkvisla, Greg Bencivenga, Mia Sheppard, Loc Vetter, Whitney Gould, Donna O’Sullivan, Simon Hsieh, Geir Hanson, Sergey Kluev, Knut Kasine Ekelund, Bill Rogers, Vadim Utrobin, Doug Duncan, Gene Oswald, Tim Warriner, Glen Nagumo, Frank Chen, Burt Rances, Gary Kalinka, Ed Filice, Jim Ansite, Zack Williams, Marcy Stone, Anita Strand, Travis Johnson, Gordon Anderson, Bruce Kruk, Charles St. Pierre, Tyler Kushnir, Knut Systad

The casting competition schedules will include practice session on Friday, qualifying rounds on Saturday, and final competitions on Sunday.

Some of the programs are:

Fly Fishing Presentations:
Fishing The Ponoi River in Russia – Barrett Mattison
Swinging Flies for Steelhead – Mia Sheppard, Little Creek Outfitters
CF Burkheimer Spey – Kery Burkheimer

Casting Demonstrations:
Switch Rods – George Revel
Top & Bottom hand techniques - Greg Bencivenga
Skagit Lines – Mike Mccune
Bobbing and Swinging : Versatility of Switchrods – Craig Nielsen
Drawing the cast under constant tension – Lee Davison & Tommy Aarkvisla

Clinics:
James Chalmers - The Carron Rod & Case Company
Klaus Frimor – Guideline
Jeff Putnam – Jeff Putnam’s Fly Fishing Schools

Lunch is available for the general public at the club for a nominal fee on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Dinner is available on Friday and Saturday.

Lunch and Dinner for Spey-O-Rama 2012 are sponsored by:
Sage – lunch
California Fly Shop, San Carlos, CA - lunch
Snake River Outfitters - lunch
Temple Fork Outfitters – Saturday Dinner
Saturday pre-dinner Sponsors: Macallan’s Scotch pre-dinner tasting sponsored by Macallan’s, and Entertainment sponsored by Sport Kilt Inc.

Casting Competition Prizes Generously Donated by the following Sponsors:
Saracione Manufacturing Co.: http://www.saracione.com/
-- Men 1st Place: Deluxe II 3 ¾” fly reel
-- Women’s 1st Place: Deluxe II 3 ¾” fly reel
-- Senior Men’s 1st Place: Deluxe II 3 ¾” fly reel
Snake River Outfitters: http://www.snakeriveroutfitters.com
-- Men Longest Cast: Snake River Outfitters Salmon Reel
-- Women Longest Cast: Snake River Outfitters Salmon Reel
-- Sr. Men’s Longest Cast: Snake River Outfitters Salmon Reel
Guideline: http://www.guideline
-- Women’s Longest Cast: 13’7” 8/9# LeCie Spey Rod

Auction Items:
Fly Fishing Equipment generously donated by the Contributors below in support of the Spey-O-Rama event will be auctioned during the event, starting on Friday and ending after the Saturday night dinner:

Anderson Custom Rods – ACR Spey Rod
Temple Fork Outfitters – TFO Rod of Choice Gift Certificate
Burkheimer Rods – Spey Rod
Beulah Fly Rods – Spey Rod
Rio – Selection of Spey Lines
Waterworks/Lamson – Fly Reel
GLoomis – Fly Rod
Echo – Fly Rod
Shasta Trout - Guide Trip
Allen Fly Fishing – Fly Rod
Adams Angling – 13” Courtland Spey Rod
Tenkara USA – Tenkara Fly Rod
Steelhead Flyfisher - 1 print by Jeff Bright

The Spey-O-Rama 2012 Event Schedule is as follows:
April 20, Friday:
- Exhibits, Equipment Auctions
- Competition Casting Practice

April 21, Saturday:
- Exhibits, Fly Fishing Presentations, & Equipment Auctions
- Spey Demonstrations/Clinics
- Competition Qualifying Rounds

April 22, Sunday:
- Exhibits
- Spey Casting Competition Finals
- Spey for Trout Three-person Team Competition