Abstract: This spinning type fishing reel includes a spool for carrying a coil of fishing line, a rotor which can be rotated in a forwards rotational direction for winding fishing line onto the spool, and a means for rotationally coupling the rotor to the spool, when the rotor is rotating in the reverse rotational direction to the forward rotational direction, so as in this case also to rotate the spool in the reverse rotational direction. Thereby, when the rotor and the spool are thus rotated in the reverse rotational direction, twisting which may have taken place in the fishing line may be cancelled by untwisting the fishing line again. The coupling means may be actuatable according to the desire of the fisherman, or alternatively may be always in operation. A braking means may be provided for braking this reverse rotation.

Abstract: This spinning type fishing reel includes a main body with a handle shaft and a spool cup shaft driven therefrom rotatably supported in it. A ratchet is mounted on the spool cup shaft, and a pawl is biased towards the ratchet so as, when pressed thereagainst, only to let the ratchet and spool cup shaft and handle shaft rotate in their certain rotational directions to wind up the fishing line. A friction member is mounted on the handle shaft so as to be slippably connected thereto with a certain frictional torque being required to be applied therebetween before mutual slippage occurs in either rotational direction. A control member selectively either: (a) interferes with the friction member but not with the pawl; or (b) does not interfere with either the friction member or the pawl; or (c) interferes with both the friction member and the pawl.