Fishing Flies
Fly fishing is the most elegant method of fishing. It looks charming, but it’s not very relaxing to me. If it’s done correctly, it should be the most relaxing without being boring – like fishing wiht a cane pole and hook with bait. Fly fishing requires a delicate hand, precise techniques. And it requires patience.
As a boy, I had a fly fishing rod and reel. Being so impatient, I whipped the pole too much: I didn’t give the lure a chance to float and do it’s dance, nor the fish a chance to bite. The couple of times I hooked a fish, I struggled to reel it in. Because the pole is so long and flexible, I was worried I’d break the end – I didn’t know to keep a small net with me. So I put the pole on the ground and landed the fish by pulling the line in with my hands.
Still, I love the idea of fly fishing and I especially like the handmade lures. Here’s a bit of information on each lure on the booklet stamps in the middle of this album page.
Royal Wulff is a freshwater, dry fly – which means it’s meant to land softly on the water surface and float. It’s meant to appear to look and act like an adult water or land based insect.
Jock Scott fly is a dressed salmon fly, which means it’s elaborate and colorful – and used to catch salmon and similar trout. However, they’re usually expensive to make and tend to be used to display, not for fishing.
Apte Tarpon fly is a salt-water lure used to catch tarpon and similar fish – the Atlantic Tarpon <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_tarpon> is large; it can grow up to eight feet. But they do swim in clear and moderately shallow waters.
Lefty’s Deceiver is a salt-water fly used primarily for immitating smelt, small minows that attract striped bass in bays. It has a lot fluff to it so the hook won’t catch on an vegetation.
Muddler Minnow is a fresh and salt-water steamer fly, which means it’s meant to look like a baitfish, meant to catch almost any fish that feeds on smaller fish.
Note
Besides the flyfishing lures, I like the stamps of the NASA missions. I thought of writing about them, but there are so many of them. I don’t have the time to do that now – maybe later. I’m particular interested in the Viking missions to Mars. Those were organized by Carl Sagan. I met him when I was 14 years old, in 1975 before they were launch. He showed us models of the craft and photos of Mars. It was very exciting.
Contains 20 spots: own 20 – 20 unused, 0 used.
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Stamp Details
The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.
spot |
own |
catalog |
subject |
description |
comment |
Movies & Movie Stars
✓ |
2562 |
29c (aug 1991) |
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✓ |
2563 |
29c (aug 1991) |
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✓ |
2564 |
29c (aug 1991) |
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✓ |
2565 |
29c (aug 1991) |
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✓ |
2566 |
29c (aug 1991) |
Fish & Fishing
✓ |
2545 |
29c (may 1991) |
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✓ |
2546 |
29c (may 1991) |
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✓ |
2547 |
29c (may 1991) |
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✓ |
2548 |
29c (may 1991) |
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✓ |
2549 |
29c (may 1991) |
Space Exploration
✓ |
2568 |
29c (oct 1991) |
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✓ |
2569 |
29c (oct 1991) |
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✓ |
2570 |
29c (oct 1991) |
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✓ |
2571 |
29c (oct 1991) |
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✓ |
2572 |
29c (oct 1991) |
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✓ |
2573 |
29c (oct 1991) |
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✓ |
2574 |
29c (oct 1991) |
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✓ |
2575 |
29c (oct 1991) |
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✓ |
2576 |
29c (oct 1991) |
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✓ |
2577 |
29c (oct 1991) |
Footnotes
Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).
Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.
Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.
To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.
