SPINNING REEL

There is disclosed herein a spinning reel having a spool and line retrieving mechanism comprising a rotatable and axially slidable drum mounted in a fixed bearing, and a pivoted trip arm carried by the drum adapted to drop in front of the bearing to hold the drum in a forward position and, upon rotation of the drum, be tripped outwardly by a stepped trip on the front of the bearing whereby the drum is allowed to retract. A pivoted pickup lever is also carried by the drum and has a wheel responsive to an axially movable ejector ring whereby a portion of the lever is ejected to engage a line from the spool either when the ejector ring is moved axially toward the drum or the drum retracts toward the ejector ring.