Patent ID: 6955316

Claim:
A reel unit for a spinning reel that is mounted to a fishing rod and has a rotor that rotates in cooperation with rotation of a handle for winding fishing line onto a spool, said reel unit comprising: a casing forming a mechanism accommodating space inside, said casing including an opening formed at its side and a rotation support portion for supporting a rotation shaft of the rotor, said rotation support portion being adapted to be arranged inside a circular hollow formed at a reel unit side of the rotor; a lid portion having a cover portion and a mounting leg portion, said cover portion being detachably fixed to said casing to cover said opening of said casing, said mounting leg portion extending from said cover portion and having a front end to which the fishing rod can be attached; and a wall portion formed unitarily with said lid portion on a rotor side of said lid portion such that said wall portion and said lid portion define a space inside.