New Spider Hooks
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 12:36 pm
Here is a link to some new spider hooks coming next Spring from Partridge: http://www.partridge-of-redditch.co.uk/ ... spider/74/
Bill
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Re: New Spider Hooks
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:43 pm
I am definately going to have to try that. Looks classy.
Re: New Spider Hooks
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:11 pm
Thanks Bill!
Straight eye, wide gape, my kinda hook! I'll be looking for those!
Vicki
Straight eye, wide gape, my kinda hook! I'll be looking for those!
Vicki
Re: New Spider Hooks
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:15 pm
Beautiful!.
Mark
Mark
Re: New Spider Hooks
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 4:46 pm
Looks pretty nice....... 
Re: New Spider Hooks
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:02 pm
Nice looking hook, Bill. I wonder how they compare to a Daiichi 1640 in shank length/gape.
REE
REE
Re: New Spider Hooks
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:19 pm
That is exactly what I thought Ron.
Re: New Spider Hooks
Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:42 pm
yeah, me too. I have a lot of 1640's. These just seem a little finer in the wire than 1640's, but similar.Ron Eagle Elk wrote:Nice looking hook, Bill. I wonder how they compare to a Daiichi 1640 in shank length/gape.
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Re: New Spider Hooks
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 7:54 am
The Daiichi 1640 has a little sneck in the bend; wonder about the Partridge ...?
Re: New Spider Hooks
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:32 pm
Hi guys,
I hate to rain on your parade but the hook on the website is incorrect. Initially Partridge were to release these hooks as 'Sider Hooks' and Bob Smith (as a Pro Partridge tier) was supplied with some to test. The whole profile of the hook is wrong. The hook shank is far too short for a classic profile.
Now the good news is that Partridge has heeded Bob's advice (together with some other noted pro tiers) and the hook has been changed. I guess the web site has not yet been updated.
Partridge have rushed through a shipment to us so that we can re-tie all of the flies for our book on the new Partridge Spider Hooks. The profile is more like a SLD hook.
Now having said all of that, Bob likes them and I still like the profile of the Kamasan B525 (evidenced of my order this week for 1000 size 16).
The new hooks will still be out in Spring as I understand it.
I hate to rain on your parade but the hook on the website is incorrect. Initially Partridge were to release these hooks as 'Sider Hooks' and Bob Smith (as a Pro Partridge tier) was supplied with some to test. The whole profile of the hook is wrong. The hook shank is far too short for a classic profile.
Now the good news is that Partridge has heeded Bob's advice (together with some other noted pro tiers) and the hook has been changed. I guess the web site has not yet been updated.
Partridge have rushed through a shipment to us so that we can re-tie all of the flies for our book on the new Partridge Spider Hooks. The profile is more like a SLD hook.
Now having said all of that, Bob likes them and I still like the profile of the Kamasan B525 (evidenced of my order this week for 1000 size 16).
The new hooks will still be out in Spring as I understand it.