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Bratwurst as a metaphor for life

The finer points of Bratwurst cooking and culture

by Tom Davis - Thursday, Jun 22nd, 2023

Photo: Tom Davis

My wife was pulling overnight Grandma-duty and, left to my own devices for dinner, my thoughts turned toward bratwurst. I’d found a five-pack of the Johnsonville brand in the freezer a couple days earlier and they’d been calling my name in an oom-pah German accent ever since. I usually buy the brats made in-house at Sal’s, my neighborhood grocery store, where the sign out front frequently advertises “OUR BRATS—$2.99.” So how or why I’d come to purchase the pre-packaged Johnsonville variety was, like so much in life, a bit of a mystery.

Chasing geese

When you get a tip on a hot spot, you follow it

by Tim Schulz - Monday, Jun 19th, 2023

Photo: Ruth Hartnup / cc2.0 modified.

When square-jawed actors like Brad Pitt or Johnny Depp tell the costar they know a guy, the plot usually entails a homicide or felony. So when my friend Doug leans in and whispers, “I know a guy,” I should sprint for the nearest exit. But Doug’s jaw isn’t uncommonly square, and he has no reason to believe I need to lift some diamonds or dispose of a body. I figure Doug’s guy has something to do with fishing.

The most underrated fish on the flats: Part I

Fish that don't get the flats fishing love they deserve

by Chris Hunt - Thursday, Jun 15th, 2023

Photo: Camden Spear

“It’s hot. It's like, Africa hot. Tarzan couldn't take this kind of hot."

– Neil Simon, Biloxi Blues

The June Caribbean sun beat down on my bare legs, and I knew, despite slathering on a despicably generous gob of SPF 50 sunscreen, that I was going to hate my decision that morning to eschew fishing pants. But mostly, I was wondering what on earth I was doing in Belize in June, when the both air temperature and the humidity percentage managed to cross paths somewhere in the mid-90s.

Review: Grundens Boundary Stockingfoot waders

GORE-TEX has never been better used

by Spencer Durrant - Tuesday, Jun 13th, 2023

Photo: Alex Stulce

Waders are probably the toughest piece of gear to review. How much can I write about a pair of fancy overalls before it starts to feel like I’m just trying to hit a word count? The goal is to give you, the reader, some valuable insight before you go spend a bunch of money on new waders, but it’s tough to dig deep and find that information because waders are so derivative.