Patent ID: 7007881

Claim:
A fishing reel, comprising: a reel body; a spool pivoted on the reel body through a spindle, the spindle having a retaining portion; a handle; a transmission device having a first end to be coupled with the handle and a second end to be coupled with the spindle for transferring power imported by a user from the handle to the spool, wherein the transmission device has a gear rod at the second end thereof, the gear rod having a hole through which the spindle extends, an original face disposed at an end of the gear rod, and a slot to be engaged and disengaged with the retaining portion of the spindle, and a clutch device for moving the gear rod between a first position where the slot of the gear rod is disengaged with the retaining portion of the spindle, and a second position where the slot of the gear rod is engaged with the retaining portion of the spindle; wherein the gear rod has two cut faces having a planar face perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the gear rod; and wherein the slot is recessed from the original face a first uniform depth and the planar face of each of the cut faces are recessed from the original face a second uniform depth, wherein the first uniform depth is greater than or equal to the second uniform depth.