The Jimmy Green World Championship of Spey Casting

• CASTING COMPETITION RULES FOR 2026

  Qualifying for the Spey O Rama

  First-time registered competitors to the Spey O Rama will be expected to demonstrate eligibility to a SoR judge to qualify for the event. The caster will receive a 2-minute warm-up followed by 6 minutes to complete all four required casts. The caster must achieve the minimum distance in each of the four casts — the right single spey, right snake roll, left single spey, and left snake roll — within the allotted time. There is no limit on the number of attempts per cast. The minimum distances are as follows: Men 125 feet, Women 75 feet, and Seniors 110 feet. Please get in touch at speyorama.ggacc@gmail.com if you would like to know more.

  Qualifying Divisions

  Masters Division

  Any male or female meeting the age qualification of 60 years of age or older on the date of this event can opt to compete in the Masters Division.

  Any male meeting the age qualification of 60 years or older can opt to compete in the Senior Division or in the Men’s Division, but not in both, and must register for one or the other of these divisions at the time of registration. And likewise, any woman meeting the age qualification of 60 years or older can opt to compete in the Senior Division or in the Women’s Division, but not in both, and must register for one of these two divisions at the time of registration.

  Women who compete in the Masters Division will be governed by the same rules as the Women’s Division.

  If there are 16 or more Masters Division registrants, a qualifying round for the Masters Division will be held on Saturday morning with the top 10 Masters Division qualifiers and ties for 10th place (whether male or female) moving on to the finals round for the Masters Division on Sunday morning. The three top scorers in the Masters Division finals in the previous year automatically qualify and, so long as they have registered to compete in the current year, are exempt from the qualifying competition. The remaining spots are available to all those who participate in the qualifying competition. Any exempt competitor may choose to participate in the qualifying competition but forfeits his or her exempt status by so choosing.

  Men’s Division Eligibility

  Any male may choose to compete in the Men’s Division, assuming that he is not both eligible for and opting to compete in the Masters Division. If aged 18 or younger, he may compete with a signed release from his parent or guardian. A parent or guardian must also accompany him during the competition.

  Women’s Division Eligibility

  Any female may choose to compete in the Women’s Division, assuming that she is not both eligible for and opting to compete in the Masters Division. If aged 18 or younger, she may compete with a signed release from her parent or guardian. A parent or guardian must also accompany her during the competition.

  Spey Casting Equipment

• Rod: Can be any make or manufacturer. The rod shall not be longer than 15’1” in overall length.
• Line: Any floating synthetic line, either full line or shooting head. There are no restrictions on the running line used.
• Leader: 9 foot minimum length, and 15 foot maximum length.
• Fly: Will be supplied by the tournament officials.

• Equipment checks will be performed before each competitor’s casting for both the qualifying and final rounds.

  Required Casts

  Casters can use whatever cast they choose (except the Perry Poke) for the following four required casting situations (“categories”), with the line starting from either right or left of the respective right or left change of direction marker:

• Line from the right: over right shoulder and over left shoulder
• Line from the left: over right shoulder and over left shoulder

• Casting Rules

• Markers at about 40 degrees (both right and left of center) will set the required change of direction. Caster will be in water about 3 feet deep.
• There will be a barrier set 33 feet behind the caster. No penalty for hitting the barrier, but this may affect the cast.
• Fly must “anchor” on the water in front of the caster.
• Once a cast is begun, it counts as a scoring cast. An inadvertent “extra” cast in a required category will not be counted against the caster’s allowed casts in any other category but will use the caster’s time.

• The Competition

• Qualifying Men’s Division will be held on Saturday morning, with the top 10 Men’s casters and ties moving on to the finals round on Sunday morning.
• Casting order is by random draw for both qualifying and finals rounds.
• Casters (or their representative) must be present for the random draw.

• Men’s and Masters Division Qualifying

• 2-minute warm-up; time starts once the caster steps in the water
• 3 casts allowed for each of the 4 required casting categories
• Score is the total of the best (farthest) distances in each of the 4 required casting categories
• Time limit is 6 minutes for the 12 allowed casts
• All casts to be scored must reach the scoring grid. The grid is 70 feet for the Men’s and Masters Divisions. If a cast does not reach the grid, it is considered out of bounds.

• Masters, Women’s, and Men’s Division Finals

• 2-minute warm-up; time starts once caster steps in the water
• Time limit is 6 minutes for the 12 allowed casts
• 3 casts allowed for each of the 4 required casting categories
• Score is the total of the best (farthest) distances in each of the 4 required casting categories
• All casts to be scored must reach the minimum distance. The Women’s Division will cast from the same station as the Men’s and the Masters divisions. The minimum distance is 70 feet for the Men’s and Masters Divisions, 50 feet for the Women’s Division. If a cast does not reach the minimum distance, it is considered out of bounds.

Tie-Breakers

In the event of a tie for any place, the tie will be broken by totaling each competitor’s second-best casts in each of the four casting categories.

Finality of Announced and Posted Results

The results of any SOR competition, including qualifiers, are final as of the time at which the results of that competition are announced by the judges. Before that time, the judges may correct errors in posted scores if and as appropriate.

Code of Conduct

All competitors, participants, volunteers, members, and spectators at Spey-O-Rama are expected to adhere to the event’s Code of Conduct. Failure to comply may result in removal from the event at the discretion of event organizers. The Code of Conduct can be found at: GGACC Code of Conduct

Updated March 2026. Please check back as the rules will be updated from time to time.

For any questions, don’t hesitate to contact speyorama.ggacc@gmail.com.