When Was The Fishing Reel Invented

Who invent the first fishing reel and when was angling hobby first started?

Fishing reels are presently used by every anglers during fishing trips. Please specify the actual invention of the fishing reels. Can anglers do well without a fishing reel during a fishing trip?

ancient egyptians fished. ancient chinese did also. probably even earlier. they had more “modern” tackle like silk lines and gut leaders and bamboo rods. they did the first split cane rods although, reels were unheard of as in egypt.
the first modern revolving spool multiplying reel is credited to gottfried spuhl in germany in 1701. he was a watchmaker and silversmith as well as an ardent angler. yes, he did name the spool after himself.
the earlier european and english rods (poles) were made of laminated yew and lemonwood. lines were of horse hair. still tied on the end.

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