Patent ID: 8708268

Claim:
A fishing reel comprising: a reel housing comprising a ring gear; a rod mount attached to the ring gear; a spool having an axis, and adapted to be positioned within the ring gear; a reel crank adapted to impart rotational movement to the spool; a line guide positioned radially outwardly from the spool; a flange hingedly attached to the spool; wherein the spool may be positioned in a first casting position wherein the axis of the spool is generally parallel to a fishing rod when the rod mount is mounted to the fishing rod; and wherein the spool is movable 90 degrees with respect to the flange to be positioned in a second reeling position within the ring gear, wherein the axis of the spool is generally perpendicular to a fishing line being retrieved upon line retrieval; and wherein when the reel crank is rotated when the spool is in the second reeling position, the spool orbitally rotates within the ring gear and in a position generally perpendicular to the fishing line being retrieved through 360 degrees of rotation and the spool also rotates about its axis.