The Partridge Trout Sedge Caddis features has a standard wire, it is a long shank hook with forged sweeping bend for added strength. Caddis flies, even called sedge, are trout fly patterns that can be founded in almost every type of fresh water stream. Trouts mostly feed on them on an evening as they are known to be nocturnal.
A variety of patterns, both classic and modern, can be tied using the Partridge Trout Sedge Caddis hook as the Deer Hair Sedge, the Elk Hair Caddis originally designed by Al Troth, the Cinnamon Sedge, the Balloon Caddis, the Bubble Caddis, the Fluttering Caddis.
Partridge of Redditch originates from Redditch in Central England where the manufacturing was based in Mount Pleasant. The early history of Partridge of Redditch is somewhat arcane. We know that the company was established on the basis of existing hook manufacturing shortly after the turn of the past century, but no one knows the exact year any longer. Partridge of Redditch take the name of it’s founder, Albert Partridge. He bequeathed the firm to his son Ted, who in turn sold the company to Alan Bramley in 1970, when none of his children were interested in taking over the company. Alan Bramley further developed the company, and in the 1970s he extended the production to include unique bamboo split cane rods as well as enduring to develop and improve hook construction. Due to him Partridge of Redditch has become an universally renowned fish hook brand. The last chapter of the history of Partridge of Redditch was initiated in 1996. Then the Norwegian hook manufacturer O. Mustad & Son acquired Partridge of Redditch from Alan Bramley. And later over the course of the 2000s Partridge of Redditch was back home in the UK by Mark Hamnet, who until now is running the company, keep following to develp new models and holding high the prestigious tradition.