Hand-cranked reel used in angling to stow fishing line
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Fishing reel" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(October 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Parts of a spinning reel: 1: Pick up or bail 2: Reel seat 3: Reel foot 4: Handle 5: Support arm 6: Anti-reverse lever 7: Skirted spool 8: Fishing line 9: Drag adjustment knob
A fishing reel is a hand-cranked reel used in angling to wind and stow fishing line,[1] typically mounted onto a fishing rod, but may also be used on compound bows or crossbows to retrieve tethered arrows when bowfishing.
Modern recreational fishing reels usually have fittings aiding in casting for distance and accuracy, as well as controlling the speed and tension of line retrieval to avoid line snap and hook dislodgement. Fishing reels are traditionally used in angling and competitive casting. They are typically attached near the handle of a fishing rod, though some specialized reels with pressure sensors for immediate retrieval are equipped on downrigger systems which are mounted directly to an ocean-going sport boat's gunwales or transoms and are used for "deep drop" and trolling.
The earliest fishing reel was invented in China at least since the Song dynasty, as shown by detailed illustration of an angler fishing with reel from Chinese paintings and records beginning about 1195 AD, although sporadic textual descriptions of line wheels used for angling had existed since the 3rd century. These early fishing reel designs were likely derived from winches/windlasses and roughly resemble the modern centerpin reels.
Fishing reels first appeared in the Western Hemisphere in England around 1650 AD. An incident is disclosed in an excerpt from author Thomas Barker found in his book, The Art of Angling: wherein are discovered many rare secrets, very necessary to be knowne by all that delight in that recreation:
.... The manner of his Trouling was, with a Hazell Rod of twelve foot long, with a Ring of Wyre in the top of his Rod, for his Line to runne thorow: within two foot of the bottome of the Rod there was a hole made, for to put in a winde, to turne with a barrell, to gather up his Line, and loose at his pleasure; this was his manner of Trouling....
In the 1760s, London tackle shops were advertising multiplying or gear-retrieved reels. The first popular American fishing reel appeared in the United States around 1820. During the second half of the 20th century, Japanese and Scandinavian reel makers such as Shimano, Daiwa and ABU Garcia, previously all precision engineering manufacturers for biking equipments and watchmaking, began rising to dominate the world market.
A fishingreel is a hand-cranked reel used in angling to wind and stow fishing line, typically mounted onto a fishing rod, but may also be used on compound...
ReelFishing is a series of fishing video games by Natsume Inc. The first game, ReelFishing, was released for the PlayStation in 1996. Originally a localization...
Treasury of Reels: The FishingReel Collection of The American Museum of Fly Fishing. Manchester, Vermont: The American Museum of Fly Fishing, 1990. Schullery...
Treasury of Reels: The FishingReel Collection of The American Museum of Fly Fishing. Manchester, Vermont: The American Museum of Fly Fishing, 1990. Schullery...
Fishing tackle is the equipment used by anglers when fishing. Almost any equipment or gear used in fishing can be called fishing tackle, examples being...
and weavers Retractable tape measures Fishingreels that store and pull in fishing lines when angling Film reels that carry film stocks Many audio recordings...
media related to Fishing rods. Composite materials Fishingreel Guinness World Records - Longest fishing rod Andrew N. Herd. "Fly fishing techniques in the...
stored in a reel, but can also be retrieved by hand, with a fixed attachment to the end of a rod, or via a motorized trolling outrigger. Fishing lines generally...
Penn Fishing Tackle Manufacturing Company is an American manufacturer of fishing tackle, primarily known for making heavy-duty fishingreels and rods...
manipulated via a fishing rod, although rodless techniques such as handlining also exist. Modern angling rods are usually fitted with a fishingreel that functions...
which holds well in bungee cord Arbor knot – attach fishing line to the arbor of a fishingreel Artillery loop a.k.a. a Manharness knot – a knot with...
ABU Svängsta, is a fishingreel and equipment manufacturing company founded in Svängsta, Sweden, and is now owned by Pure Fishing conglomerate of the...
dollars fishing in Bass Master tourneys. He first appeared on TV in 1973 with John Fox, The American Angler. Kurt, Kelly (2001-02-25). "U.S. FishingReel Maker...
or baits. Bank fishing - fishing from river banks and similar shorelines. Bank fishing is usually performed with a fishing rod and reel, although nets...
uses specialized rod, reel and line and a type of ultralight fishing lure known as artificial fly, while traditional tenkara is reel-less and mostly uses...
Recreational fishing, also called sport fishing or game fishing, is fishing for leisure, exercise or competition. It can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which...
Treasury of Reels: The FishingReel Collection of The American Museum of Fly Fishing. Manchester, Vermont: The American Museum of Fly Fishing, 1990. Schullery...
swivel. The fishing line is in turn connected to a fishingreel which cranks in and releases out the line, and is manipulated by the fishing rod via a series...
Alvey Reels is an Australian manufacturer of fishing tackle, primarily known for fishingreels and rods. It was founded by Charles Alvey in Brisbane in...
involved turning a small fishingreel as quickly as possible. He found that those who played the game in pairs turned the reel faster than those who were...
the fishingreel in coils or loops. It is advisable to change the monofilament line at regular intervals to prevent degradation. Monofilament fishing line...
rod designed to cast fly line and artificial flies Fly reels - a specialized type of fishingreel designed to hold fly line and supply drag if required...
types of rocket launchers available. Fishingreel: In literary records, the earliest evidence of the fishingreel comes from a 4th-century AD work entitled...
successfully used on any type of fishingreel, but are perhaps most well known as excellent lines for bait casting reels, in particular for trolling where...
Global Information
