Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 4437 Tight Lines Bulletin - Spring/Summer 2015 The ‘Britches’ was a very popular charter fish- ing boat owned by Boyn- ton Beach native Cap- tain Harold Lyman. He and his brother, Kenny Lyman, the owner of ‘Lucky Penny’, were two of the many cap- tains who char- tered out of the Boynton Inlet docks during the post World War II era. Over a dozen charter boats were based there and it was a wonderful place to go each afternoon to see the boats returning with their catches. Har- old Lyman did all kinds of charter fishing aboard ‘Britches’, whether just out of Boynton Inlet catch- ing sailfish, dolphin and kingfish, or spending time off Bimini chasing tuna and marlin. After Harold passed away the boat remained blocked up at the Lantana Boat Yard for quite some time. In the early 1970’s the Boynton Beach fire department was given permission to use the boat for a training exercise. Two days before it was set to burn, the ship’s wheel was salvaged. The classic wooden wheel was re- cently donated to the Fishing Club where is now on public display. The wheel is all that is left of one of Palm Beach County’s most historic charter boats. ‘Britches’ Ship’s Wheel by Buddy Tuppen, WPBFC Lifetime member Capt. Harold Lyman’s ‘Britches’was powered by twin 125-horsepower gasoline Chrysler engines and was fully equipped for offshore fishing. Photo from the book, Sportfishing in Palm Beach County by Janet DeVries. The ‘Britches’ship's wheel as mounted in the WPBFC Clubhouse line. I used a whole mullet and a ladyfish for bait on a big shark hook with four feet of chain for a leader.” Skip battled the huge fish for hours while being towed around the bay, a scene straight out of Hemingway’s famous novel The Old Man and The Sea “I thought it was a big shark until I saw that nose come out of the water. At one point I came close to a beach so I jumped out and hand lined the tired fish into the shallows along the shore. I was go- ing to release it, but some lobster fisher- men saw me and wanted the fish for bait. So I gave them the fish and kept the bill. ” Unfortunate- ly, Tollefsen didn’t have a camera to document the behe- moth, but the lob- ster fishermen told him that it was the biggest sawfish they had ever seen. “I’m guessing it was about sixteen feet long. The lobster fishermen thought it weighed at least 600 pounds.” The WPBFC is grateful to these and other members who have helped make our collection of fish mounts one of the most unique found anywhere. Various youth groups and schools occasionally visit the club to see the impressive display and use it as a teaching tool for class. The club’s founding members would be pleased to know that their vision of a ‘fish museum’ has been accomplished. Rich Ebersold with his flounder mount donation