Fly Fishing Reel

$20.00$85.00

Fly Fishing Reel

This early fishing reel patent was invented by the gunsmith William Billinghurst.

He attributed a number of improvements including line drying, convenient carriage and the speed with which his reel could retrieve line. The reel photographed here is an early version, consistent with the patent drawings, that did not have a folding handle. Latter versions of this reel did have a folding handle.

Size

5 x 7 Print on Archival Fine Art Paper, 8 x 10 Print on Fine Art Archival Paper, 11 x 14 Print on Fine Art Archival Paper, 13 x 19 Print on Archival Fine Art Paper