Patent ID: 7070138

Claim:
A spinning reel comprising: a reel unit being adapted to be mounted on a fishing rod, the reel unit having a body member and a lid member; a handle being rotatably attached to said reel unit; a spool being movably mounted to said reel unit to move back and forth relative to said reel unit, said spool having an outer peripheral portion on which fishing line is adapted to be wound and unwound; a rotor being rotatably mounted to said reel unit, said rotor being adapted to wind said fishing line onto said spool in response to rotation of said handle; and a guard member having a plate-shaped embedded portion embedded in rear and rear bottom portions of said reel unit, and a protruding portion protruding from an outer surface of the rear and rear bottom portions of said reel unit, said protruding portion being connectedly formed with said embedded portion, said guard member being fastened to said body member with a screw such that said screw is covered with said lid member and does not show when said lid member is mounted to said body member.