Fishing reel facts for kids
A fishing reel is a device attached to a fishing rod used in winding and unwinding fishing line.
Modern fishing reels are designed to help in casting for distance and accuracy. Reels also retrieve line, usually with a handle. Fishing reels are traditionally used in the recreational sport of angling. They are also used in the sport of competitive casting. Reels are usually attached to a fishing rod by some means. However specialized reels are made to be mounted directly to the boat gunwales or transoms.
The first writing describing a fishing reel is from about 1100 years ago in China. Fishing reels first appeared in England around 1650 AD. By the 1760s, London tackle shops were advertising gear-retrieved reels. An American watchmaker and inventor, George W. Snyder, invented the first gear multiplying reel abut 1810.
Images for kids
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A spinning reel
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An Eastern Han dynasty stone tablet, currently displayed at the Xuzhou Art Museum of Han Stone Gravings, with engravings depicting an angling rod with a wheel-like device (lower right corner)
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"Angler on a Wintry Lake," painted in 1195 by Ma Yuan featuring the oldest acknowledged depiction of a fishing reel, although the oldest textual description of a fishing reel in China dates to the 3rd century AD
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Trading card of the Ustonson company, an early firm specializing in fishing equipment, and holder of a Royal Warrant from the 1760s.
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'Nottingham' and 'Scarborough' reel designs.
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A spincast reel
