The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 46, Ed. 1 Monday, August 26, 1968 Page: 4 of 8
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NICE CATCH — Co O. Jones, left, and Bert Norton, exhibit evidence of successful trip
to Red Bluff Lake. The pair, along with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Nunn, caught the fish trolling
and plugging Wednesday. The largest fish, a four-pound,four-ounce bass, was snagged with a
plug. The foursome used Bomber, Pico Perch and Sonics to take the bass and some channel
cat.
The Kermit Yellow Jackets
will get their first taste of out-
side competition Tuesday, when
they take on the Lamesa Golden
Tornadoes in a scrimmage ses-
sion. The scrimmage, to be
held in Lamesa, will get under-
way at 4 p.m.
Coach Charles Jetton and his
staff have put the Jackets through
a week of twice-daily workouts,
and the scrimmage will give them
an opportunity to evaluate their
efforts. Jetton will use every
man in order to give them a
chance to show their talents.
Kermit fans will get a glimpse
of the 1968 edition of the Jac-
kets Sept. 5, when they enter-
tain the Crane Golden Cranes at
Walton Field in another scrim-
mage.
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SEARCH IN THE SUN FOR PERMIT
My guide’s pole pierced the clear topafc water quietly as our
skiff glided over the shallow tidal flats (if Content Keys and the
rays of the 10 o’clock sun pierced our thin cotton shirts deposit-
ing their considerable heat into our shoulder blades. We had
been out tin hour straining our polaroid-shielded eyes to see
through the white brilliance of the sunlight as it. flashed off the
blue waters that held our quarry. This is the way you go for
permit — blinking, squinting, trying to see beneath the surface
to detect that deep bellied blue and silver form mucking at grass
roots for a meal of crab and shrimp. Unless the waters are really
shallow, then the fish “tail” and give themselves away.
Then if you are lucky, you get close enough to lay in a bait.
Lucky indeed — permit spook easier than bonefish and the
scrape of a pole on coral and they’re gone and you’re left squint-
ing again in the bright sunlight.
But these were live permit waters and I had for a guide one
of the best in the Florida Keys. We knew that now as the tide-
flooded the flats we would see a few of these great pompano,
despite the glare and eyesore.
Our problem was to get close without spooking the fish. Then
the real work would begin — because we had elected to fly cast
and there is no more trouble-
some fish in salt water fly fish-
ing than the permit. He’s
bigger and tougher than the
bonefish and when he’s feeding
on the bottom he seldom looks
away for other food — hardly
ever for a fly. ■
I took full advantage of my
large capacity Abu Delta 5
reel, backing a floating nylon
line < I0-F > with 100 yards of
20 pound test Bonnyl. If I
were fortunate to get Mr. Per-
mit to go for my pink shrimp
fly, I felt safe my nine - foot,
< heavy-action Conoion 2639 rod would give me the backbone
I needed for his long runs and hard hitting.
We had just slid past a grassy hassock 'when we caught sight
f of. them. About 40 yards off, six to eight dusky tails breaking the
$ surface, moving slowly and heading acros$*our point. We judged
j we had time to draw within 20 yards 4>f where they’d pass.
1 Hardly making a ripple, we poled to our destination and I lay
J out niy first fly in advance of the feeders and it began to sink as
c softly as 1 hbped it would.
The school was just getting to the fly when I began the retrieve
| in slow, foot-long jerks. If anything causes a permit to hit a fly
| it’s the'.competitive instinct at work in a feeding school. Three of
i the lead fish ignored the fly. Another jerk, as number four passed,
K and then, wham, number five tore out of the school with my fly
jjj in his jaw
L* Within seconds the school had disappeared but I had trouble
jW in my hands; My line was down to the backing, the rod tip had
m gone' low to the water. Getting the handle under my forearm I
S took command of the rod and set a firm drag. I couldn’t afford
5k to give him slack because I knew the inside of his mouth was as
E tough as the horsehide on a baseball and a taut line might be all
Z that was keeping the hook in his mouth,
K I was an hour with him. I could feel him bang his head on the
g bottom trying1 to throw out the hook. He was big and deep when
Ki I brought him,to the side of the boat.
jjSj My eyes burned from the glare of the sun off the water and my
shirt was black with perspiration. When we dropped him in the
K bottom of the boat the hook fell out of his mouth and I wondered
Sr if I had caught him or he had come willingly at the end just to
Sy spit my hook at me.
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Winkler County News, Kermit, Texas
Page Four Monday, August 26, 1968
Country Club
Schedule
Ladies free group lessons on Tuesdays 9:00 a.m. . 6:00 p.m.
Club House open every day except Monday.
26 Closed
27 Ladies Day, Group Lessons - 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
28 Club House Open
29 Club House Open
30 Rock Picking, Bar-B-Que Chicken, $1.50 • Adult, $1.00-
Children, 6:30 • 9:30
31 Club House Open
Meet the Coaches
Another veteran on the Ker-
mit Yellow Jacket coaching staff
is Dwayne Turner, who is in
.charge ol the backfi^ld. Turner;
came to permit in 1961 from .
Coleman, m
He attended school in Lam-
pasas and attended Sul Ross
State College in Alpine where
he played football. Turner and
his wife, Barbara, were mar-
ried in Kempner, Texas, in 1953,
and have three children, Janet,
12; Clarke, 10 and Terry, 5,
TOURNEY WINNERS — Kermit Lady Bees won first place
in the Merchants Woman’s Softball Tournament held in Kermit
last week. Pictured front row left to right: Brenda Brown
(all-star), Geri Arnold, Edith Jones (all-star), Linda Connor,
Pearlie Skinner and Alice Butler. Back row: Manager H. C.
Terry, Ida Mae Walker, Jerry Willmon, Zita Green, Maxine
Adcock (all-star), Nancci Essary and Coach Curby Essary.
(Staff Photo)
Ladv Bees Win Tourney
SCORES — Geraldine (Geri) Arnold scores the fourth
run for the Kermit Lady Bees as she crosses home base
after a base hit by pitcher Maxine Adcock. (Staff Photo)
Kermit’s Lady Bees captured
the first place trophy in the Mer-
chant’s Softball Tournament held
here last week, finishing the
round robin play without a loss.
The Odessa Merchants placed
second, Wink Merchants were
third and Ft. Stockton’s Rinky
Dinks were fourth.
On the All-Star team were
three members of the Kermit
team, three from Odessa, and
two each from Wink and Ft.
Stockton. The list included, from
Kermit: Edith Jones, Brenda
Brown and Maxine Adcock; from
Odessa: Ann Cooper, Glenda
Thornton, Rosie Ramos; Wink:
Linda Dudley, Tillie Bryson; Ft.
Stockton: Amelia Terrazas, Jan
Shaddox.
The sportsmanship trophy
went to Ft. Stockton.
Wink and Odessa opened the
tourney Monday night, with per-
haps the best game otf the three-
day event. Charlene Herren of
Wink and Odessa’s Glenda Thorn-
ton hooked up in a pitcher’s
duel that went down to the wire,
before Odessa scored the game
winning run in the seventh. Odes-
sa won 1-0, on a base on balls
and two fly outs.
Herren allowed only one hit
and Thornton gave up two in
the well-played contest.
Kermit jumped off to a 7-0
first inning lead in the jaight-
cap against Ft. StocktcA and
coasted to an easy 14-1 margin.
Maxine Adcock was the winning
hurler for the Bees.
In the opener of Tudjfety’s
play, Odessa spotted Ft. Stock-
ton a five-run lead in the first
and went on to take a 15-7
decision. Thornton was the win-
ning pitcher for the Merchants.
Kermit blasted out seven rims
in the first inning against Wink,
and went on to a 14-1 win. Ad-
cock gave up only three hits
to post the win. Herren was the
loser.
Wink shaded Ft. Stockton, 10-
6 in the opener on Wednesday,
the final night of the tourney.
The Merchants used a trio of
three-run innings to overcome
the Rinky Dinks, Herren got
credit for the win.
In the final game, Kermit,
behind the pitching of Adcock,
emerged the winner and tourney
champ with a 4-2 win over Odes-
sa.
DWAYNE TURNER
DOOMED SOLDIER NOW 101
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