www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/object-of-the-month-may-2015
From a most unlikely source comes an insight not only into a documented pre-1850 fishing rod (Turner died in 1851), but also into the way fishing tackle was used in a wider sense. Note the sliding band reel seat on the rod, but also that Turner was still using a clamp winch, and that the brass clamp has carefully been overwound with string to prevent damage to the rod...
Interesting eh?