A clutch mechanism includes a clutch portion and a pinion gear. The pinion gear has an engaging part and a gear part. The engaging part is located on a first end as a spool-side end of the pinion gear and is capable of being engaged with the clutch portion. The gear part is meshed with the drive gear. The gear part has helical teeth enabling the pinion gear to be urged toward the spool by the drive gear. The engaging part has a bottom and a first wall. The first wall extends from the bottom toward the first end and tilts in the same direction as the helical teeth with respect to the spool shaft such that the pinion gear is urged oppositely to the spool by the clutch portion when the engaging part is engaged with the clutch portion and receives transmission of rotation in a fishing-line releasing direction from the spool.

A fishing line dispenser, the fishing line being wound about a spool having circular walls, and a bore, the dispenser including a base; a “” bracket including a column having front and rear ends, a cylindrical arm having a proximal end rigidly attached to the column's rear end, and having a spindle arm having a proximal end rigidly attached to the column's front end, the spindle arm being fitted for extension into the spool's bore; a pivot joint interconnecting the “” bracket and the base, the pivot joint having first and second halves, first half being positioned at the base's rear end, and the second half including the “” bracket's cylindrical arm; and a concavity positioned within the base for, upon the spindle arm's oppositely lateral extension into the spool's bore and upon downward pivoting of the “” bracket, receiving and frictionally engaging the spool's circular walls.

A fishing reel includes a support member, a bail assembly, an input shaft, and a gear box, according to an exemplary embodiment. The bail assembly is coupled with the support member. The bail assembly is configured to retrieve or let out a fishing line. The input shaft is configured to receive an input torque. The gear box is configured to be driven by the input shaft and drive the bail assembly to retrieve the fishing line. The input shaft is configured to receive the input torque in a clockwise direction and drive the bail assembly to operate in a counter-clockwise direction to retrieve the fishing line.

A switch member of a bail flip mechanism is fixed to a reel unit, and makes contact with a moving member located in a second position and moves the moving member toward a first position across a position corresponding to a dead center when a rotor is rotated in a winding direction. The switch member has a first and second slopes. The first slope forwardly slants at a first slant angle from a first end toward a position corresponding to a pivot position of a bail arm located across the dead center, along the winding direction of the rotor so as to be contactable to the moving member located in the second position. The second slope continues to the first slope and forwardly slants toward a second end located on the opposite side of the first end at a second slant angle larger than the first slant angle.

A switch member of a bail flip mechanism is fixed to a reel unit, and makes contact with a moving member located in a second position and moves the moving member toward a first position across a position corresponding to a dead center when a rotor is rotated in a winding direction. The switch member has a first and second slopes. The first slope forwardly slants at a first slant angle from a first end toward a position corresponding to a pivot position of a bail arm located across the dead center, along the winding direction of the rotor so as to be contactable to the moving member located in the second position. The second slope continues to the first slope and forwardly slants toward a second end located on the opposite side of the first end at a second slant angle larger than the first slant angle.

Provided is a fishing reel equipped with a replaceable hood top. The fishing reel includes: a frame having a mount; two side covers coupled to both sides of the frame; a spool disposed inside the mount of the frame and coupled to the side covers through a shaft; a reel foot coupled to a bottom of the frame to be mounted on a fishing rod; a hood coupled to a top of the frame; a handle coupled to a side of the frame through a shaft to rotate the spool; and a tension nut disposed on a side of the frame to adjust a casting distance by controlling a rotational speed of a spool shaft. The hood has coupling portions, and a replaceable hood top is coupled to the coupling portions.

A portable fishing spool tool for quickly, easily and safely re-spooling new fishing line onto any size fishing reel, and unwinding old fishing line from any size fishing reel, in a controlled manner to prevent injury or damage to users or fishing equipment during the process. The fishing spool tool includes a spool mounted on a rod, a tension spring system including a rod collar, and tension collar assembly both mounted on the rod at opposite sides of the spool to permit users to adjust axial tension on the spool to control rotational speed and drag of the spool when adding or removing fishing line. One end of the rod is attachable to a power drill to unwind fishing line, and a pair of suction cups are attachable to opposite ends of the rod to install the spool tool in a receptacle with a ballast for re-spooling fishing line on fishing reels.

A reciprocating mechanism for a spinning reel includes a first gear, a second gear, a slider, and an annular elastic body. The first gear is configured to rotate in accordance with rotation of a handle shaft. The second gear includes a gear body configured to mesh with the first gear and a boss protruding from the gear body. The slider has an engagement groove where the boss engages. The slider is configured to move a spool shaft in a front-rear direction as the boss moves along the engagement groove. The annular elastic body is attached to the boss so as to contact an open end of the engagement groove.

A drag adjusting reel assembly suitable for facilitating selective manual adjustment of a drag force applied to a fishing line may include a reel mount bracket configured for mounting on a fishing bow. A reel shaft may be carried by the reel mount bracket. A line spool may be drivingly engaged for rotation by the reel shaft. A drag adjusting mechanism may include a drag adjusting bracket carried by the reel mount bracket. A spool extension may extend from and be rotational with the line spool. The spool extension may be disposed adjacent to the drag adjusting bracket. A drag adjusting lever may include a cam having a cam surface configured to selectively actuate the spool extension against the drag adjusting bracket. The cam may be rotational between a free-spooling position in which the cam surface disengages or minimally engages the spool extension and the spool extension disengages or minimally engages the drag adjusting bracket, respectively, and a maximal drag, spool locking position in which the cam surface maximally engages the spool extension and the spool extension maximally engages the drag adjusting bracket. At least one lever arm may extend from the cam.

A bottle-style reel for bow-fishing and the like provides a retriever bottle that is tipped out of the vertical plane defined by the crank axis and the rotation of interengaging wheels that grip the fishing line and push it into the retriever bottle. In this way the retriever mechanism of the interengaging wheels can be aligned with the bow grip for reduced torque and simplified mounting.