http://www.johnnorris.co.uk/fly-fishing-articles Fly Tying, Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Equipment, Shooting Clothing, Shooting Accessories Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:25:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dating from approximately 1165 AD in China, the fly reel has been an integral part of fly fishing for nearly a millennium, although it didn’t make its debut in England until 1650. The basic design for fly reels has changed little since the 1860s but, as always, improvements and innovations ... http://www.johnnorris.co.uk/fly-fishing-articles/fly-reels/fly-reels/ Fishing reels have been used in England since about 1650, but if our seventeenth century forefathers could see what technological innovation has become available to us 21st century inhabitants, they’d scream ‘witchcraft!’ (or go day-glo green with pure envy). As we know, fishing reels employ a spool mounted on an ... http://www.johnnorris.co.uk/fly-fishing-articles/fishing-reels/fishing-reels/