From the beginning.
Partridge has always been an innovator and can trace its origins back to 1836, when a young Edwin Partridge was apprenticed in Needle Pointing and Blueing. This started the family tradition in hook making and our records show Albert Partridge working for Wm. Bartleet & Sons in 1901, taking over the Crescent Works Redditch in 1930 and incorporating A. E. Partridge & Sons in 1933.
In the early days Partridge manufactured hooks for brands like Army & Navy, Farlows, Hardy Brothers and Ogden and evolved in the 1980’s and 1990’s to be a leader and innovator of some of the most advanced hook patterns that the industry had ever seen; many of them still available to this day!
Materials and processes have moved on in leaps and bounds and as hook patterns have evolved, we are proud to offer the best hooks we have ever made to anglers in all disciplines internationally.
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FLYTYING TUTORIALS
The Olive Pete Loch Fly, Tied on a Partridge SLD2
Words and images from PRO-Team member Allan Liddle.Allan Liddle provides us with a recipe and insights for the 'Olive Pete', a great loch fly and searching pattern. One for a bigger wave on our lochs for wild fish or perhaps dead of night surface wake lure style...
The Professor, A Fly Fishing Bicentennial
By Partridge Ambassador Fred KleinBeginnings in ScotlandTwo centuaries ago in Scotland, angler "John Wilson ran short of flies and to create something of a fly like appearance, he fastened the petals of buttercups on his hook, adding bits of leaves or grass to...
The Guide’s Special Streamer Tutorial
Words and images by Partridge ambassador Scott Biron PRO-Team member Scott Biron provides us with a tutorial for tying the Guide's Special Streamer. The Guide's Special Streamer, tied by Scott Biron.This fly is one of those simple patterns that has an interesting...