Patent ID: 6866214

Claim:
A fishing reel, comprising: a body with a circular spool receiving cavity of a first diameter extending through the body from a first end of the body to a second end of the body and defined solely by a peripheral sidewall, the body including an annular spool supporting surface projecting inward from the peripheral sidewall at the second end to define a central opening concentric with the cavity and having a second diameter less than the first diameter a spool receiving opening of the first diameter concentric with and into the spool receiving cavity at the first end of the body, and at least one line feed channel through the peripheral sidewall; an axle-less annular spool positioned within the spool receiving cavity and rotatably, supported solely by the spool supporting surface, the spool having a circumferential line receiving cavity and the line receiving cavity being closed by the peripheral sidewall of the spool receiving cavity; means for rotating the spool; means for retaining the spool in the spool receiving cavity; means for braking the rotation of the spool; and means for attaching the body to a fishing rod.