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chinese use of reels 1195 AD [https://www.theonlinefisherman.com/reels]
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he bait casting reel dates from at least the mid-1600s [http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Fishing_reel]
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Birmingham England was a hub of industrial development in the early 19th century. Here smiths of various trades designed and produced the first single action fly reels.[http://www.tedgodfrey.com/1-new-REEL-HISTORY.shtml]
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first fishing reel in america 1820 [https://www.theonlinefisherman.com/reels]
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Here in America, designers began to create new single action fly reels in the second half of the 19th century. These included many styles of skeletal reels made of stamped and perforated sheet metal or heavy brass or nickel silver wire. [Here in America, designers began to create new single action fly reels in the second half of the 19th century. These included many styles of skeletal reels made of stamped and perforated sheet metal or heavy brass or nickel silver wire.]
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but came into wide use by amateur anglers during the 1870s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_reel#Conventional_reel]
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and little has changed from the design patented by Charles F. Orvis of Vermont in 1874 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_reel#Fly_reel]
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Mainly used for fly fishing.The fly reel or fly casting reel has traditionally been rather simple in terms of mechanical construction, little has changed from the design patented by Charles F. Orvis in 1874 [http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Fishing_reel]
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patented the modern form of fixed-spool spinning reel in 1905 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_reel#Conventional_reel]
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Automatic fly reels peaked in popularity during the 1960s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing_reel#Fly_reel]
