At FishingMatters™ we are passionate about fishing and about quality products. We specialize in unique products available exclusively to us in the UK and Ireland. Products like; PARTRIDGE salmon and trout hooks; MARRYAT high performance rods and reels; VARIVAS top quality fly lines, leaders, tippet, freshwater and seawater hooks and not forgetting OWNER hooks, lures and accessories. Our suppliers work hard developing innovative, top quality products that will bring a smile to the faces of fly fisher folk all over the place - the kind of grin that says; “what a great fish,” “what a brilliant rod” or simply “what a great day to be fishing!” Take a look at our products over the next few pages, if you like what you see either contact a stockist to buy them or contact us if you want to stock them. You can now follow us on Twitter! Add us as a friend on Facebook! Or you can read our blog!

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International Fly Tackle Dealers (IFTD) Show, 10 / 11 September 2010, Denver, USA

We will be attending the show to showcase the New Partridge Range and to discuss how to look after the USA better in the future.

We look forward to meeting old friends and new at this world trade show!

BFFI 2010

We are drawing up our plans for the show.  Meet Oliver Edwards and Malcolm Greenhalgh on the Partridge stand. We will be launching two new ranges of Partridge hooks – Salmon and Spider patterns and in addition will be re-introducing various classics from the past.

  • Nordic Tube Singles MM3ST in new sizes #12 and #14
  • Salmon Dry (down-eye) CS42 Bomber in new sizes #8 and #10
  • Salmon Wet (down-eye) CS2 sizes #2 and 10
  • Outpoint Double R2A

Members of the Partridge International ProTeam will be present to answer all of your questions and show you all of the new patterns.  See you there!!

DVD’s from Mountain Media

We are delighted to have a great range of DVD’s this season.  The three latest titles of note are;

  • Mayfly Madness
  • Czech Nymph (Featuring Johan Klingberg)
  • Dry Fly (featuring Johan Klingberg, Charles Jardine and Phil White)
World Tuscany Open Fly Tying Competition 2010

UPDATE: The Deadline date for sending flies for entry is the 30th of September, NOT 31st August as has been previously stated.

For anyone interested in entering who hasn’t or anyone looking for more information here are a few links to help you learn a little more…

http://www.moscaclubaltotevere.it/

http://www.classicflytying.com/index.php?showtopic=39802

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=70161952206&topic=14054

http://www.partridge-of-redditch.co.uk/stories/wto1.htm

Good luck everyone.

Irish International Fly Fair

The fair begins in just a couple of days time, we are already in Ireland preparing for the event.

There was a good turn out last year and I am sure it will be just as good this year with equally brilliant fly tying on show.

Celtic Fly Craft as always will be present and will be carrying an extensive range of our hooks.

We will be available to meet with trade, customers and fly dressers alike and look forward to answering any questions you may have.

This as you may well know will be our first outing at the IIFF as the owners of Partridge of Redditch and we have big ideas we would like to share with you all for the future. Along with giving you information about our two newest brands to the portfolio: American Fishing Wire and Mountain Media.

Hope to see you in the not too distant future,

Also don’t forget to check out our Blog where you can find some cracking bargains on some top quality products!

American Fishing Wire

SEA GRIP superfabric Inshore Gloves have finally hit our shores.  They are a must for light / medium protection when catching and handling big saltwater and predator species.

The glove features extended index finger protection and is made from 3 layers of exclusive HDM SuperFabric and is resistant to punctures and cuts.  Available individually as Left or Right hand units

Cultiva Sea Bass Lures

ATTENTION ALL SEABASS FISHERMEN:

Gobo Poppers are now in stock along with all of the other Japanese colours of Savoy Shad and Minnows. These are the best value lures on the market!  Just remember that all lures come with OWNER trebles fixed so no exchange of hooks necessary

Partridge Hooks News

We have now moved to the new logistics centre in Wincanton, Somerset!  Reason being that we needed so much more space to accommodate all of the Partridge patterns recently arrived from the acquisition.  We can now proudly say that all Partridge Hooks are now available in the UK and can be shipped to the trade in 24hrs!!

OWNER Hooks

Just got another shipment in from Japan.  All the usual suspects ST36BC trebles, SSW and Mutu singles but also loads of new stuff like solid rings, crane swivels and ST56 trebles in both nickel and black chrome- these are heavy wire and super sharp so will be a great hit with Pike and Bass fishermen alike (ask at Exeter Angling, Mr Fish and Leslies of Luton).  Carp products have not been forgotten either so we are back in with braid scissors and all of the hooks (ask at Tackle Box, Specialist Tackle and Specialist Tackle).

OWNER Hooks arrive in the UK

Thanks for your patience everybody!!

Stock arriving this week includes;

Carp Hooks – C-1, C-2BL, C-3, C-3BL, C4, C-5, C5X, C-6BL, C-7, C-7BL, C-8

Salmon Doubles and Trebles – STD-31BC, STD-36BC, STN-36BC

Trebles – ST-36BC, ST-36R, ST-56BC, ST-66TN

Single hooks – Mutu, SSW, Gorilla, AKI, Flyliner, EBI

Cultiva Lures – Tango Dancer, Zip N Ziggy, Gobo Popper, Rip N Minnow, Savoy Minnow, Savoy Shad, Savoy Vibe

Braid Scissors, split rings, swivels, Ultrahead Jigging hooks