The Jimmy Green World Championship of Spey Casting

2026 Spey-O-Rama results

The 2026 Spey-O-Rama (SOR), the world championship of spey casting, was held on April 18-19 at the Golden Gate Angling and Casting Club in San Francisco. Weather conditions were excellent. Congratulations to these winners!

Scotland's Blaine Lyon, age 23, won his second consecutive men's open title with a performance for the record books. Blaine won the Men's Open Division with a four-cast total of 709 feet and a longest cast of 191 feet. For the second consecutive year, BC's Tim Arsenault placed second; Oregon's Travis Johnson placed third; and Scotland's James Chalmers placed fourth.

In Saturday's mens qualifying, Blaine Lyon set two new World records. His four-cast total of 771 feet eclisped by 47 feet the prior world record set by Gerard Downey in 2016. His longest cast, a 199 foot right single, eclipsed by 1 foot the world record that Travis Johnson had held since 2014. Just three casts later, Blaine tied his own new world record with a 199 foot left snake.

Kara Knight won her second women's title, with a four-cast total of 575 feet and longest cast of 157 feet. The latter is a new world record, exclipsing by 3 feet the world record set by Whitney Gould last year.

Many-time previous champion Donna O'Sullivan placed second. BC's Sara Horne, a first time SOR competitor, placed third.

California's Tom Olson won his first SOR masters title with a four-cast total of 540 feet. Washington's Jeon Lee placed second with 536 feet. California's Glen Nagumo placed 3rd with 533 feet, winning a tie-breaker with Argentina's Agustin Avellaneda who also posted 533.

New world records that were set in the 2026 competition are highlighted in bright yellow.

For the complete wrap up as well as the official record of all Spey-O-Rama scores and competitors since 2011, please visit Fly Fishing Research.