Patent ID: 7004416

Claim:
A fishing spinning reel comprising: a flat reel body made of metal and having two opposite sides, a fishing rod attaching portion, and a plurality of mounting holes that are formed through said reel body, each of said mounting holes having two open ends at the opposite sides of said reel body; wherein said reel body has a peripheral frame portion formed integrally with said fishing rod attaching portion, and two parallel guide rods extending integrally from said peripheral frame portion so as to define a guide slot therebetween, said sliding member being received slidably within said guide slot; two side covers made of a plastic material and disposed respectively on the opposite sides of said reel body so as to cover said mounting holes in said reel body, said side covers being interconnected to clamp said reel body therebetween so as to define an accommodating space among said reel body and said side covers; a driving unit disposed within said accommodating space and including a sliding member disposed movably within said reel body; a spool shaft disposed movably within said reel body and connected to said sliding member so as to allow for synchronous reciprocal movement of said sliding member and said spool shaft within said reel body along an axis; a rotor disposed pivotally on said reel body and rotatable about said spool shaft; and a rotary lever unit disposed pivotally on said reel body and connected operatively to said driving unit, said rotary lever unit being operable to cause reciprocal movement of said sliding member of said driving unit and said spool shaft within said reel body and rotation of said rotor on said reel body.