Patent ID: 6874717

Claim:
A spinning reel, comprising: a reel unit provided with a handle and a spool shaft, said reel unit including a reel body having a housing space in the interior thereof, and a lid member detachably fixed to said reel body and closing said housing space; a rotor supported so as to be rotatable around said spool shaft; a spool arranged in front of said rotor for winding fishing line, said spool being mounted fore-end wise on said spool shaft; a sliding member mounted on the spool shaft immovably relative to said spool shaft at least in the spool shaft axial direction; shifting means for reciprocating said sliding member in the spool shaft axial direction in cooperation with rotation of said the handle; and at least one guide shaft supported by said reel unit in a plurality of locations on an outer circumferential surface of said guide shaft for guiding said sliding member in a direction substantially parallel to said spool shaft, said guide shaft having a position-restricting portion for preventing said guide shaft from being disengaged from said reel unit in at least one axial direction, said position-restricting portion including an annular groove formed on said outer circumferential surface of said guide shaft and a plate-shaped member having a U-shaped groove that is detachably and reattachably fitted to said annular groove, said plate-shaped member being pressed toward said guide shaft by said lid member.