Abstract: A clutch for use in an open faced fishing reel that when engaged operates as a conventional one-way clutch, with the pins or needles rolling with the shaft and allowing for movement in one direction but binding the shaft to an outer fixed surface, prohibiting rotation, when the shaft is urged in the opposite direction, but when is disengaged, is switchable from one-way action to freewheel action i.e. shaft motion allowed in both directions by separating the outer binding surface from the main housing of the clutch, allowing it to move radially and allow the surface required to bind the shaft to move away from contact with the pins and shaft, thereby allowing the shaft to freewheel. The clutch is particularly well suited for use in a fishing reel.

Abstract: An improved light weight, fixed spool spinning fishing reel allowing versatility in line sizes, longer casts, and less line twist. The fishing reel includes a spool with a generally cylindrical channel extending between the opposite faces. The outer face has a diameter of greater than two inches. The fishing reel, including the spool, has an overall weight of less than nine and one half ounces.