Yes, just the build tag go build -tags gocql_debug

You can also customize its behavior by setting cluster.Logger

cluster := gocql.NewCluster("127.0.0.1:9043", "127.0.0.1:9044", "127.0.0.1:9045")
cluster.Logger = log.New(os.Stdout, "gocql: ", log.LstdFlags)