The Golden Gate Angling and Casting Club will present the Jimmy Green Spey-O-Rama,The World Championship of Spey Casting 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 in 2010 included 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, 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, Gary Kalinka, Takako Inoue, Donna O'Sullivan, Whitney Gould, Siv-Anita Eide and Mia Sheppard.

Exhibitors in 2010 included:
The Carron Rod & Case Company, Sage/Redington/Rio, Temple Fork Outfitters, Anderson Custom Rods, 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, Jeff Bright - Steelhead Flyfisher, Nextcast Flyfishing, Shasta Trout, Hal Janssen Products, Raptor Rods, and Rajeff Sports.

Presentations in 2010 included:
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 in 2010 included:
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
Brian Styskal – Short heads to Long Lines


Casting Clinics in 2010 included:
Simon Gawesworth, Lee Davidson, Alexander Rybkin, James Chalmers, Bob Middo – “The Stop”.