Patent ID: 7222809

Claim:
In a bail assembly for a spinning reel having a bail wire and a pivotable bail arm assembly comprising a bail arm and a line roller, the improvement comprising: said pivotable bail arm assembly including a roller hood at a forward portion of said pivotable bail arm assembly; said roller hood having a converging end portion from which said bail wire extends; and said bail wire extending from said converging end portion of said roller hood in an initial substantially straight manner such that said bail wire has no bends therein outside of said roller hood in proximity to said converging end portion; and further comprising an extension piece, at least a portion of said extension piece having an outwardly converging shape and extending outwardly from said converging end portion of said roller hood, said bail wire extending from said extension piece in an initial substantially straight manner such that said bail wire has no bends outside of said roller hood in proximity to said extension piece.