When was the fishing reel invented?

[diggleblop]

And I mean, when was the first one in history invented, not the fancy ones today.

When did someone say, “Hm, there has to be a better way to get the fish back in to this pole.”

[Arjuna34]

From the first paragraph of the Wikipedia article on fishing reels:

The earliest known illustration of what is clearly a fishing reel is from Chinese paintings and records beginning about 1195 A.D. Fishing reels first appeared in England around 1650 A.D., and multiplying or geared-retrieve reels were being advertised by London tackle shops by the 1760s. Paris, Kentucky native George Snyder is generally given credit for inventing the first fishing reel in America around 1820, a bait casting design that quickly became popular with American anglers.