№ 495-499. Amateur fishing.

"Circle" fishing. Fishing using a "circle", i.e. a large float with a rod in the middle. The float is placed on the water surface, the fishing-line and the sinker with a triple hook with a sprat go under water. When a fish takes the sprat, the float turns upside down. The lower part of the float is painted white, and the upper - red. The stamp features an episode of circle fishing, with the floats and a pike, a perch, and a zander.

Summer line fishing. In summer many fishermen fish using a float line, sinker-float, and other methods. Line fishing is one of the most popular methods, when you can fish from a boat or a bank using a light and resilient fishing rod. This method is widely used to fish for roaches, breams, perches, and other freshwater fishes. The stamp shows summer-time fishing from a boat and a river-bank, as well as the fishing equipment.

Spinning fishing. A fisherman casts the spoon-bait into the water, a fish catches it and gets hooked. Spinning is used to fish for pikes, perches, and zanders. The stamp features spinning fishing and equipment.

Winter fishing. A method of fishing from under the ice using a spoon-bait. Widely used to fish for perches, pikes, zanders, ides, and chubs. The equipment includes a short fishing rod, a line, a spoon-bait. The fisherman should be able to attract the attention of a fish by moving a bait at various depths. The stamp features winter fishing and equipment.

Underwater fishing. The underwater fishing requires a snorkel, an underwater rifle, and fins. When fishing in cold waters a hydrosuit is used. The stamp features episodes of underwater fishing in the Black Sea. In the left part of the stamp there is the underwater equipment and the Black Sea fish species.