Original Trout Stamps

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I was going through some things and found this pretty old Pa license with an original Trout Stamp. I had it lamenated, so it'll last longer than I will. Anybody else still have any of the old Trout Stamps?
 

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Here’s a few I found. Thought I had more. Don’t remember when they stopped issuing the stamps. I bought my licenses online once you could and have had a senior lifetime license for going on eight years now.
 

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I bought 2 stamps every year they were available. One for my license and one unsigned to collect. Unfortunately I currently have no idea were they are. Probably in an envelope in a book somewhere. Someone will find them after I'm gone.
 
Each year I would jam my new license inside the clear license holder ontop of the old; it got pretty thick!

Lost them while fishing. About a year later, I received an envelope in the mail with my license! I guess the "zipper" on the license holder worked well - none were damaged.

So yes, I have them all.
 
I have every one of my fishing licenses, trout stamps and the Summary Booklet for every year. They are filed by year in my fly tying area.

I also saved every license button from their reintroduction in 2014 and the short lived S.O.S. (Save Our Susquehanna) buttons and a few framed trout stamps.

Added to that collection are some older Summary Booklets from the 1940's through the 1960's and into the early 1970's. They are an invaluable source of information or regulation changes, additions & subtractions to stocked waters and special regulation areas.

It is also interesting to see how the Summary Booklet has changed in both size & content over the years. I liked the small booklets a lot better than today's magazine sized version because I used to like to keep one in a pocket for reference.
 
I also just remembered this, ten 2001 Trout Stamps:

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It's not my favorite Trout Stamp, but the framed block was gift from the PFBC Executive Director but I can't remember which Executive Director...
 
That's very cool! Coincidently, it's the same stamp I posted. I especially like the framed brookie stamp mt_flyfisher posted. I'm partial to all things brookie.
 
I think the above ST stamp may be the original ST stamp and 1st trout stamp. There is another ST stamp from a later yr by Ned Smith. A leaping ST.
 
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Mike said:
I think the above ST stamp may be the original. I have another from a later yr.
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1991 was indeed the first year followed by:

1992 - Brown Trout
1993 - Rainbow Trout
1994 - Brook Trout
1995 - Steelhead (I think)
1996 - Angler fishing in a stream
1997 - Angler fishing in a stream
1998 - Angler fishing in a river
1999 - PFC rail car "Susquehanna" on trestle over stream
2000 - Brook Trout
2001 - Rainbow Trout
2002 - Brown Trout
2003 - Man & boy anglers walking along stream bank
2004 - Angler releasing fish in stream in Autumn
2005 - Brown Trout
2006 - Brook Trout (From a 1981 Ned Smith painting)

The 2006 Trout Stamp was the last "lick & stick" version trout permit. After 2006, the trout permit (AKA) Trout Stamp was a digital image of either a trout on a license purchased from an agent or a silhouette of a trout on a license purchased online.

The PFBC continued printing collector trout stamps from 2007 until 2010 when FINIALLY the lowly "Palomino" got its due on a collector stamp.

BTW - I believe all trout pictured on the stamps were stocked... 😉
 
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