Patent ID: 6612064
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
In a fishing reel having:a rear housing; a spool to hold a quantity of fishing line; a crank rotatably mounted on the housing; a rotor mounted on a shaft projecting through the spool, the rotor coupled to the crank for rotation by the crank and having a pickup pin extendable therefrom as the crank is rotated for engaging the fishing line and depositing it on the spool; a front cover attachable to the rear housing to enclose the spool and rotor, the cover having an opening through which fishing line may be fed to and from the spool a thumb button mounted on the housing and coupled for moving the shaft and rotor to retract the pickup pin into the rotor and to snub line between the rotor and the front cover, an improvement comprising: a switch mounted on the rear housing for limiting movement of the thumb button and the rotor to retract the pickup pin into the rotor without snubbing the line against the front cover.