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Partridge CS7 MW Hooks – Captain Hamilton International Middleweight Fly Hooks

Captain Hamilton International Middleweight Fly Hooks hook silhouette
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Partridge of Redditch CS7MW

Captain Hamilton International Middleweight Fly Hooksc. 1980–1995

Evidence reviewed October 21, 2026. Marks: P photographically · V verified · I inferred · E estimated · S speculative What they mean

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Summary

The CS7MW is a Partridge of Redditch hook packed in cards titled Captain Hamilton International Middleweight Fly Hooks, with a Connoisseurs Series banner on the front. The back panel says the range was developed to meet a ⅝ inch limit on hook length in competition fly fishing.

This entry documents one size 10 packet and the hooks photographed with it. The packet carries the telephone code (0527), which was replaced on 16 April 1995, so it was printed before that date I. Production dates, catalog listings and surviving numbers for the model are not documented.

Photographic record

5 photographs

Partridge CS7 MW packaging back panel showing design specifications for Captain Hamilton International Middleweight Fly Hooks, size 10, printed text describing 1980s competition fly fishing development
IMG-1Partridge CS7 MW Captain Hamilton Middleweight Back Panel Back panel of the size 10 packet. Point 2 lists sizes 10, 12 and 14, and the footer gives the Redditch address.

How to identify it

The front reads CAPTAIN HAMILTON INTERNATIONAL MIDDLEWEIGHT FLY HOOKS on a cream band under the PARTRIDGE OF REDDITCH logo. The code box prints CS7MW with no space, and the lower band reads Connoisseurs Series P.

The SIZE box on the photographed packet has no printed number; a 10 is added by hand in blue ballpoint, and the printed quantity of 25 is struck through P.

The back panel prints seven numbered points, with sizes 10, 12 and 14 in point 2. The green footer reads PARTRIDGE OF REDDITCH, REDDITCH B97 4JE. ENGLAND, and TEL: (0527) 543555. No barcode is printed on the back P.

Technical profile and measurements

Features of the model, as recorded
FeatureRecordedEvidence
EyeLooped Eye, Turned Down
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Closed ring eye with a visible hole, bent toward the point side of the shank. No taper or flattening is distinguishable at photo resolution P.

OBS-1IMG-4IMG-5
WireStandard, est. ~0.5-0.6 mm, read from the photo grid (E)IMG-3IMG-4MEA-5
ShankStandard — Plain
BendRound / Kendal, Wide gap
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Round bend: the wire curves in one continuous arc from the straight shank into a straight point section, with no angular transitions in side view P.

OBS-2
PointStandard / Spear
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One cut barb on the inner face of the point, angled back toward the bend at roughly 35 to 45 degrees to the point axis by eye P.

OBS-4
FinishBlack Japanned — uncertain
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The card states only a black finish; the process is not named. Surface is uniform, glossy black with neutral to cool grey highlights, no rust or pitting P.

LBL-12OBS-6
ConstructionForgedOBS-5IMG-4IMG-5OBS-4

The card calls the gape extra wide and says it helps keep the point clear of the dressing on wide bodied flies P.

The shank is straight and plain, with no kinks, ridges or markings visible in side view P. The point tapers evenly to a fine tip in line with the straight point section, and no in-turned point is visible P.

The card gives the wire weight only as middleweight P. No label states a shank length, bend family or wire gauge.

Measurements

Per size, with how each dimension was taken
SizeOverall lengthShank lengthGap widthBend depthWire diameterWeightShank:gap
10No specimen recorded15.5 mm Pcaliper10.5 mm E Pcaliper6.6 mm Pcaliper6 mm E Pcaliper——~1.5-1.7 : 1 I
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How hook dimensions are measuredA hook outline with dimension lines for overall length, shank length, gap, bend depth, and wire diameter.Overall lengthShank lengthGapBend depthWire diameter
Overall length
Eye to the farthest point of the bend.
Shank length
Eye to the start of the bend.
Gap
Point to shank, at right angles to the shank.
Bend depth
Shank to the bottom of the bend.
Wire diameter
Across the wire, measured by caliper where possible.

Specimens, packaging, and label

This record documents one specimen. It describes that specimen only, not every example of the model.

Front of a Partridge CS7MW card packet: green header with the Partridge of Redditch logo, a cream title band, CODE, SIZE and QTY boxes, and a Connoisseurs Series band.
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Back of a Partridge CS7MW card packet with an introductory paragraph, seven numbered points, and a green footer band giving the Redditch address and telephone number.
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S1 · Size 10 card packet

Size
10 (printed on the label)
Container
Packet
Hook condition
Hooks photographed with the packet are clean, with intact eye and point and no visible rust, pitting or flaking (P). They are probably from this packet; the link is not confirmed.
Packaging condition
Very Good — light wear, fully legible
Wear
front, right end of the top edge of the cream label band: small tan fleck or nick at the card edge LBL-20
Wear
back panel, centre, between the two groups of pictograms: faint pale vertical hairline, probably a crease or scratch LBL-21
Wear
back panel, left margin, lower half: clear film edge showing beyond the card edge, slightly wrinkled LBL-22
Photographs
IMG-1IMG-2IMG-3IMG-4IMG-5

The window shows two hooks overlapping, and the lower window is cropped in the photograph, so the hook count cannot be read. The printed 25 is struck through, so the count the packet held is not established. Marks on the packet: a small tan fleck at the right end of the label band edge, a slightly wrinkled clear film edge at the back left margin, and a faint pale vertical hairline on the back.

What the label says

LBL-1 trademark · front, green header band, logo from IMG-2
PARTRIDGE
OF
REDDITCH
LBL-2 printed · front, cream label band, title from IMG-2
CAPTAIN HAMILTON
INTERNATIONAL
MIDDLEWEIGHT FLY
HOOKS
LBL-3 printed · front, left box; CODE stacked vertically along left edge from IMG-2
CODE
CS7MW
LBL-4 printed · front, middle box; SIZE stacked vertically along left edge, body of box has no printing from IMG-2
SIZE
LBL-5 printed · front, right box; QTY stacked vertically along left edge from IMG-2
QTY
25
LBL-6 printed · front, lower green band, italic; a hook pictogram sits between the two words from IMG-2
Connoisseurs Series
LBL-7 printed · front, window area below the lower green band; boxed text partly hidden by the card edge from IMG-2
NG3[?] 6SW
LBL-8 printed · back panel, intro paragraph above the pictograms from IMG-1
During the 1980's competitive fly fishing
developed at international level. The rules
prescribe that no hook longer than ⅝ inch
can be used. This range was developed to
meet that need.
LBL-9 printed · back panel, numbered list, item 1 from IMG-1
1. This range is based on our well proven
Captain Hamilton patterns.
LBL-10 printed · back panel, numbered list, item 2 from IMG-1
2. The sizes available are 10, 12 and 14.
LBL-11 printed · back panel, numbered list, item 3 from IMG-1
3. The gape is extra wide to enhance the
hooking and holding qualities of the hook.
LBL-12 printed · back panel, numbered list, item 4 from IMG-1
4. These hooks have a black finish.
LBL-13 printed · back panel, numbered list, item 5 from IMG-1
5. They are suitable for a wide range of wet
flies and nymph patterns.
LBL-14 printed · back panel, numbered list, item 6 from IMG-1
6. With the wide gape they are perfect for gold
head flies with brass or gold beads. The
bead can easily be moved round the bend
up to its position behind the eye of
the hook.
LBL-15 printed · back panel, numbered list, item 7 from IMG-1
7. The wide gape also helps to keep the point
clear of the dressing of wide bodied flies.
LBL-16 printed · back panel, centred line below the list from IMG-1
For free information about all our fly hooks
please write to us.
LBL-17 printed · back panel, green footer band from IMG-1
PARTRIDGE OF REDDITCH
REDDITCH B97 4JE. ENGLAND
TEL: (0527) 543555
LBL-18 handwritten · front, SIZE box, centre from IMG-2
10 (blue ballpoint; the 1 is a short stroke, the 0 a wobbly closed loop)
LBL-19 handwritten · front, QTY box, across the printed 25 from IMG-2
single diagonal blue ballpoint line struck through the printed 25
Trademark
Front header: PARTRIDGE in large cream display serif capitals over a shallow arc, small OF above REDDITCH, with a thin arc line and a small barbed-arrow ornament at each end. Lower front band: a cream hook-shaped pictogram between Connoisseurs and Series. Back panel: six small black outline hook-shaped pictograms in two groups of three.
As entered on the specimen record
PARTRIDGE
OF
REDDITCH

CAPTAIN HAMILTON
INTERNATIONAL
MIDDLEWEIGHT FLY
HOOKS

CODE
CS7MW

SIZE

QTY
25

Connoisseurs Series

NG3[?] 6SW

During the 1980's competitive fly fishing
developed at international level. The rules
prescribe that no hook longer than ⅝ inch
can be used. This range was developed to
meet that need.

1. This range is based on our well proven
Captain Hamilton patterns.
2. The sizes available are 10, 12 and 14.
3. The gape is extra wide to enhance the
hooking and holding qualities of the hook.
4. These hooks have a black finish.
5. They are suitable for a wide range of wet
flies and nymph patterns.
6. With the wide gape they are perfect for gold
head flies with brass or gold beads. The
bead can easily be moved round the bend
up to its position behind the eye of
the hook.
7. The wide gape also helps to keep the point
clear of the dressing of wide bodied flies.

For free information about all our fly hooks
please write to us.

PARTRIDGE OF REDDITCH
REDDITCH B97 4JE. ENGLAND
TEL: (0527) 543555
Layout
Front: green header band with the logo; cream title band; three boxes in a row (CODE, SIZE, QTY) with the box labels stacked vertically along each left edge; lower green band with a hook pictogram between the two words of Connoisseurs Series; boxed text NG3[?] 6SW in the window area, partly hidden by the card edge, with the upper parts of its glyphs cut off. Back: introductory paragraph above six pictograms in two groups of three; numbered points 1 to 7; centred closing line; green footer band.
Typeface
Connoisseurs Series is set in italic. The box labels CODE, SIZE and QTY are stacked vertically along each box's left edge.
Printed marks
No barcode is printed on the back panel. Boxed text NG3[?] 6SW shows in the window area; its origin is not established.
Later marks
SIZE box: 10 in blue ballpoint (the 1 a short stroke, the 0 a closed loop). QTY box: a single diagonal blue ballpoint line struck through the printed 25.

Condition

Hooks shown are clean, with intact eye and point and no visible rust, pitting, or flaking P. Hook count in the packet cannot be read: the window shows two hooks overlapping and the lower window is cropped.

Pattern history and manufacturer context

Series

The back panel ties the range to competitive fly fishing that developed at international level during the 1980’s, and says the range was developed to meet the rules’ limit on hook length P. It describes the range as based on Partridge’s Captain Hamilton patterns and lists sizes 10, 12 and 14 P.

The front carries a Connoisseurs Series banner P. The card does not say whether the series and the range are the same group of hooks. No catalog or maker document naming the CS7MW or the Connoisseurs Series has been located, so introduction and withdrawal dates are not documented.

Design lineage

A 1997 interview with Partridge’s management says the firm’s first hooks were trout hooks made for a Captain Hamilton in 1903 V. The card refers to Captain Hamilton patterns without defining the term, so the link between the 1903 hooks and the CS7MW is not documented.

Dating

The back panel refers to competitive fly fishing developing at international level during the 1980's, so the packet was printed in or after that decade I. The card prints the telephone code (0527), which was replaced on 16 April 1995 V, so the packet was printed before that date I. Partridge letterheads from 1986 to 1990 show the numbers 41380 and 43555; the card prints 543555, and no source dating that form was found V.

Partridge of Redditch — Redditch Heritage says Ted Partridge sold the firm in 1970 to a syndicate of businessmen V. A 1997 interview says Alan Bramley bought it in the mid seventies and that Mustad took over about a year earlier V. Letterheads show Bramley as managing director in 1986–1990 V. Read the maker’s history →

Use

  • Wet fly
  • Nymph

Primary application

The card says the hooks are suitable for a wide range of wet flies and nymph patterns P.

Other uses

Gold head flies with brass or gold beads; the card says the bead can be moved round the bend to sit behind the eye of the hook.

Fly patterns

Czech Nymph patterns, gold head nymphs, Partridge wet fly traditions, small emergers

Collecting and buying

5 / 10CollectabilityRarity: Uncommon

Rated 5/10 (uncommon) on limited evidence. The card lists sizes 10, 12 and 14; no catalog, count of surviving examples or sold sale is on file, so how often the model turns up and how strongly collectors seek it is not established.

Basis: Provisional placement. The card lists sizes 10, 12 and 14. No catalog entry, count of surviving examples or sold sale has been located.

The card lists three sizes: 10, 12 and 14 P. No catalog entry, production record, count of surviving examples or sold sale for the model has been located, so findability and collector demand are not established.

Market value

Insufficient recorded sales data to estimate a reliable value.

0 sold observations recorded; 2 are needed, with the basis and date of the range, before a value is shown. Asking prices are shown as asking prices only.

No sold sales are recorded for this model, so no value range is supported. Readers who hold dated sold prices for any size can submit them.

Where to find

No dealer, auction or catalog source for this model is documented.

Modern equivalents and related hooks

Modern equivalents
HookMatchNotes
Partridge SUD / SLD Patriot Dry (modern)ExcellentSame Captain Hamilton bend geometry; modern Fishing Matters production (2009–present), typically Made in China. Black Nickel finish, looped up-eye. Direct functional equivalent for competitive and traditional wet fly/nymph tying.
Tiemco 2487 Wet FlyGoodSproat-style bend, standard wire, wide gape, looped eye. Japanese production. Functional substitute for wet flies and nymphs on similar-sized frames.
Daiichi 1255 Wet FlyGoodSproat bend, medium wire, looped eye, standard gape. Japanese production. Widely available modern alternative.
Mustad 9671 Wet FlyModerateRound bend, standard wire, looped eye. Slightly wider gape than CS7 MW. Norwegian production. Common mass-market substitute but not a direct bend match.

Best matchRelated by Attribute

Computed automatically from catalog data — updated as new hooks are added.

SilhouetteHook ModelMatchAnalysisCompare
L3A No. 12 — Captain Hamilton Dry Fly (Down Eye) silhouetteL3A No. 12 — Captain Hamilton Dry Fly (Down Eye)82%Matches: Bend, Shank, Wire, Gap, Eye Orient. +4 moreDiffers: Eye: Looped Eye vs Tapered Eye; Finish: Black Japanned vs Bronzed; Application: Wet Fly, Nymph vs Dry Fly, Wet Fly, Nymph +2 moreCompare
4xFF — 4x Fine Forged silhouette4xFF — 4x Fine Forged81%Matches: Bend, Shank, Wire, Eye Orient., Point +3 moreDiffers: Gap: Wide vs Standard; Eye: Looped Eye vs Tapered Eye; Finish: Black Japanned vs Bronzed +1 moreCompare
CS7 HW BL No. 10 — CS7 Wide Gape Captain Hamilton International Heavyweight silhouetteCS7 HW BL No. 10 — CS7 Wide Gape Captain Hamilton International Heavyweight80%Matches: Bend, Shank, Gap, Eye Orient., Point +6 moreDiffers: Wire: Standard vs Extra-Heavy (2X+); Eye: Looped Eye vs Tapered Eye; Shank ratio: 67.7% vs 80.0%Compare
L2A No. 10 — Captain Hamilton Medium Weight Wet Fly Hook silhouetteL2A No. 10 — Captain Hamilton Medium Weight Wet Fly Hook79%Matches: Bend, Shank, Gap, Eye Orient., Point +4 moreDiffers: Wire: Standard vs Heavy (1X Heavy); Eye: Looped Eye vs Tapered Eye; Finish: Black Japanned vs Bronzed +2 moreCompare
B No. 10 — Albert Partridge Widegape Up Eye silhouetteB No. 10 — Albert Partridge Widegape Up Eye76%Matches: Bend, Shank, Gap, Point, Application +2 moreDiffers: Wire: Standard vs Heavy (1X Heavy); Eye: Looped Eye vs Tapered Eye; Eye Orient.: Turned Down vs Turned Up +4 moreCompare

ExploratoryRelated by Shape (SVG)

Ranked purely by silhouette geometry — attribute labels are ignored.

SilhouetteHook ModelMatchCompare
L3A No. 12 — Captain Hamilton Dry Fly (Down Eye) silhouetteL3A No. 12 — Captain Hamilton Dry Fly (Down Eye)68%Compare
4xFF — 4x Fine Forged silhouette4xFF — 4x Fine Forged67%Compare
R50 No. 10 — Signature silhouetteR50 No. 10 — Signature66%Compare
CS7 HW BL No. 10 — CS7 Wide Gape Captain Hamilton International Heavyweight silhouetteCS7 HW BL No. 10 — CS7 Wide Gape Captain Hamilton International Heavyweight63%Compare
3739 A No. 4 — Mustad 3739 A silhouette3739 A No. 4 — Mustad 3739 A63%Compare

Sources, open questions, and record notes

Sources & Documentation

This specimen and its packaging — photographed, 5 images
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Entry last updated April 21, 2026. Entries are updated as new specimens, measurements, or documents come to light.