The Golden Gate Angling and Casting Club will be presenting the Jimmy Green International Spey-O-Rama & Fly Casting Festival April 9th, 10th, and 11th, 2010 at the world renown 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.

Competitors and fly fishing experts will include the likes of: Gordon Armstrong, James Chalmers, Ruairi Castello, Andrew Toft, Gerard Downey, Simon Gawesworth, Nobuo Nodera, Alexander Rybkin, Hiroshi Yazaki, Steve Rajeff, Lee Davidson, Brian Styskal, Greg Bencivenga, Shinobu Inoue, Kazu Koshimizu, Tommy Aarkvisla, Knut Ekelund, Geir Hanson, Tyler Kushnir, Bruce Kruk, Gene Oswald, Simon Hsieh, Frank Chen, Doug Duncan, Michael Stanley, Tim Warriner, David Farquier, Bill Rogers, Rob Hesse, Takako Inoue, Donna O'Sullivan, Whitney Gould, and Mia Sheppard.

Exhibitors:
The Carron Rod & Case Company, Sage/Redington/Rio, Temple Fork Outfitters, Anderson Custom Rods, Andes Outfitters, CND, Snake River Outfitters, Little Creek Outfitters, Orvis, Trout Unlimited, Chuck Anthony, Beulah Fly Rods, G. Loomis, Stonefly Vineyards, Saracione Manufacturing Co., Hardy North America, Adams Angling

Presentations:
Fishing the River Ness, Scotland – Gordon Armstrong
Steelhead Fishing on John Day River - Little Creek Outfitters
“The Biggest & Brightest: Steelhead on British Columbia’s Dean and Skeena Rivers”. - Jeff Bright
"Seasons on the Klamath" Fall & Winter Steelhead, Spring Salmonfly Hatch – Craig Nielsen

Casting Demonstrations:
Andrew Toft, The Carron Rod & Case Company
Simon Gawesworth – Single Hand Spey Casting
Alexander Rybkin - Underhand vs Traditional Spey - how to learn one through another
Lee Davidson - The "Magic is in the Match" and finding the "Power Sweet Spot"! This presentation is to provide casters with a sense of importance of matching rod and line, and then finding the power sweet spot on the line, which is the go to line holding location for most demanding fishing situations.
Craig Nielsen – Why Switch

Casting Clinics:
Simon Gawesworth, Lee Davidson, Alexander Rybkin, James Chalmers, Bob Middo – “The Stop”.

Lunch and dinner for Spay-O-Rama are sponsored by:

CND/Snake River Outfitters – Friday Lunch
California Fly Shop – Saturday lunch
Orvis – Sunday lunch
Leland Fly Fishing Outfitters – Saturday dinner

The Casting Competition prizes are generously donated by these Sponsors:

Saracione Manufacturing Co.:

Men's 1st Place:

A Mark IV 4-3/4" ALTA fly reel, retails for $1295.

Women's 1st Place:

A Mark IV 3-3/4" fly reel, retails for $985.

Prize Contribution from StoneFly Vineyards
http://www.stoneflyvineyards.com/

StoneFly Vineyards, as the official winery of the Federation of Fly Fishers and the Spey-O-Rama will be contributing 8 Wine Country Getaway Baskets valued at ~$1,000 in total. This does not include any funds raises through the sale of the Spey-O-Rama labeled wines from Windsor Vineyards.  

- Men & Women 1st place: Wine Country Gourmet Gift basket, one bottle red wine, one bottle white wine for each prize
- Men & Women 2nd, 3rd Place: Wine Country Gourmet Gift basket, one bottle red wine for each prize
- Men & Women Longest Cast: Wine Country Gourmet Gift basket, one bottle red wine for each prize

Wines are labeled with special Spey-O-Rama 2010 design from StoneFly’s sister winery Windsor Vineyards

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:

Temple Fork Outfitters – 7/9 Deer Creek 14ft spey rod, 9/10 Prism reel
CND/Snake River Outfitters – 1 complete set of Ballistic Fly Lines
Sage/Redington/Rio - PowerSpey 8/9 Flt, Skagit Flight 550, AFS 7/8 Flt, Skagit Short 525 gr head
Simon Gawesworth – Book titled “Single Hand Spey Casting”
Anderson Custom Rods – ACR 1338-4 STH 4pc Spey Rod
Hardy North America – Greys GRX1 Rod / Marquis #2 Reel
Beulah Fly Rods – Fly rod
The Carron Rod & Case Company – Fly line
G. Loomis – Versa Spey 13ft 7/8wt 500gr
Trout Unlimited (cash donation)
Shasta Trout - Gift certificate for guided trip

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

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.