Patent ID: 8490907

Claim:
A fishing reel, comprising: a reel frame; a hollow spool shaft extending through the reel frame and rotatably supported about the reel frame; a rotor drive wheel mechanically coupled to the spool shaft such that a rotation of the rotor drive wheel causes a rotation of the spool shaft; a spool oscillation gear rotatably secured to the reel frame and rotatable with rotation of the rotor drive wheel; an oscillation shaft within the hollow spool shaft and configured to rotate with rotation of the spool shaft, the oscillation shaft being mechanically coupled to the spool oscillation gear to oscillate the oscillation shaft back and forth within the spool shaft along a rotation axis of the spool shaft; a non-rotating pivotable bail coupled to the reel frame; and a spool attached to the oscillation shaft and configured to rotate relative to the bail with the rotation of the oscillation shaft via the rotor drive wheel.