The river Inn's story

Here's a nice TV documentary about the river Inn in the central alps. The river Inn is one of the longest rivers in the central alps.

This documentary shows how the Inn starts its life in the Swiss alps near St. Moritz and follows its long journey through western Austria and Germany to finally join the river Danube (also known as the Donau) at the city of Passau.

I really enjoyed the documentary. The camera work is top notch with very nice aerial views as well as close ups of the habitants in and along the river, including mating graylings (around 13:30) which I've never seen before.

We're also shown that decisions to tame ('canalize') the river isn't sustainable. Nice to see that parts of the river are given room again to let the river decide its way.

The documentary 'Der Inn' is in German so be prepared to pick up your language. Yet if you don't understand German, it's still an enjoyable show. I'm not sure how long the documentary can be viewed on-line, so don't wait too long if you want to watch it.

Update 19 Dec 2016:
The documentary is now viewable on YouTube:

Little tsunami

Due to heavy rainfall we've had the past few days, some parts of Europe are experiencing floods and water drainage problems.

Here's an amazing footage which was shot near a little stream in Switzerland. I doubt there will be any fish left in the stream after the little tsunami?...

SAGE Circa: get a mortgage...

Sage is coming up with a new rod series using their propriety Konnetic Technology, or what ever that may be. Unlike all other Sage models these days, the Circa is supposed to be a rod that mimics the slow rhythm of fiberglass or bamboo fly rods.

The series start with a 2 weight rod up to a 5 weight rod. It's obviously going to be a similar softer actioned series like the legendary LL series from the 1980's & 1990's next to their fast rod series One and TCX.

The price starting at $745 up to $775 is simply mind boggling. They must be demanding this kind of money (for plastic rods I mean) because there are people willing to pay such price tags?... I must say I'm curious. It's always interesting to see what Sage comes up with every now and then.

The rods will be available around end of August or September.

Stanley Bogdan

Here's a nice video on reel maker Stan Bogdan and friendship with fisher(wo)man Kathryn Maroun.