Division of Fish & Wildlife

The Delaware Trout Stamp Contest was held April 12 at Owens Station in Greenwood, Del., in conjunction with the state duck stamp competition. The contest drew 22 entries and was won by artist Jeffrey Klinefelter of Etna Green, Ind. with a painting of a rainbow trout. Mr. Klinefelter received $250 and retains the rights to reproduce and sell prints of the stamp.

First-place painting of a rainbow trout by Jeffrey Klinefelter which will become the 2009 Delaware State Trout Stamp.

 Artist Paul Fenwick of Hillsborough, N.J. took second place in the trout stamp contest with his painting of a brook trout.

Third-place in the state stamp contest went to Clark Ostergaard of Taylorsville, Utah, for a brown trout painting.

A rendering of a brown trout taking a fly on the rise also earned an honorable mention for Peter Strzelewicz of Dudley, Mass.

Micah Hanson's painting of a brown trout rated an honorable mention for the Dakota, Minn. artist and past state stamp winner.

Allen Friedman of Boynton Beach, Fla., also chose a brown trout for an entry that garnered honorable mention from the judges.