S1 · Size 10 card
The card prints no size; the size appears only as the handwritten mark in the SIZE box. The loose hook in the detail photographs is linked to this card by file name only. Package wear: light scuffs and specks on the green panels, a faint grey smudge on the white band, a bent or creased lower-left corner on the polybag, yellow-green staining on the back, a thin scratch or crease through the text of paragraph 2, and a small dent left of the signature P.
What the label says
CS2000
CS2000
PARTRIDGE OF REDDITCH
BRAMLEY/BETTS TAG HOOKS
CS2001 TAG DRY FLY HOOKS
CS2002 TAG LONG SHANK HOOKS
CS2003 TAG NYMPH HOOKS
S I Z E
Q T Y
25
“TOUCH AND GO”
TOUCH AND GO-TAG HOOKS
For some time John Betts (from the U.S.A.) and I worked on a completely new concept for hooks (if that is the right description!). Many fly fishermen and women want to practise “catch and release” with minimal damage to the fish. The craft of tying the fly and the art of deceiving the fish, by careful presentation of that fly, gives you most of the enjoyment which you seek in fly fishing. We tried to find a “hook” which would help you to achieve this with virtually no damage to the fish. The answer is in a hook which has no point or barb - but in its place - an eye. This means that the hook will hold the fish only momentarily. You can be satisfied that the fly has worked and your skill in presenting it has deceived the fish. In this sense - you have touched the fish and it has gone. We therefore developed three ranges of “hooks” for this - a long shank hook, a nymph hook and a dry fly hook. To start with these are available in limited sizes and at a special introductory price because we want to encourage reports back from those of you who take this important step for the future of our fish.
alan [?]
PARTRIDGE OF REDDITCH REDDITCH B97 4JE, ENGLAND TEL: (0527) 543555 FAX: (0527) 546956
10 (dark blue-black pen)
Pale green highlighter band across the CS2002 line, with a darker green mark at its right end
As entered on the specimen record
CS2000 CS2000 PARTRIDGE OF REDDITCH BRAMLEY/BETTS TAG HOOKS CS2001 TAG DRY FLY HOOKS CS2002 TAG LONG SHANK HOOKS CS2003 TAG NYMPH HOOKS S I Z E Q T Y 25 “TOUCH AND GO” TOUCH AND GO-TAG HOOKS For some time John Betts (from the U.S.A.) and I worked on a completely new concept for hooks (if that is the right description!). Many fly fishermen and women want to practise “catch and release” with minimal damage to the fish. The craft of tying the fly and the art of deceiving the fish, by careful presentation of that fly, gives you most of the enjoyment which you seek in fly fishing. We tried to find a “hook” which would help you to achieve this with virtually no damage to the fish. The answer is in a hook which has no point or barb - but in its place - an eye. This means that the hook will hold the fish only momentarily. You can be satisfied that the fly has worked and your skill in presenting it has deceived the fish. In this sense - you have touched the fish and it has gone. We therefore developed three ranges of “hooks” for this - a long shank hook, a nymph hook and a dry fly hook. To start with these are available in limited sizes and at a special introductory price because we want to encourage reports back from those of you who take this important step for the future of our fish. alan [?] PARTRIDGE OF REDDITCH REDDITCH B97 4JE, ENGLAND TEL: (0527) 543555 FAX: (0527) 546956
