Bail mechanism in an open-face fishing reel of the fixed-spool type

A bail mechanism in an open-face fishing reel of the fixed-spool type having a rotor and a line spool which is coaxial with the rotor and oscillates in the axial direction, has a bail for winding a line onto the line spool. By way of two mounting elements, the bail is mounted on two attachments which are arranged diametrically opposite each other on the rotor. The bail is pivotable about a bail axis perpendicular to the axis of the rotor, between a folded-in line-winding position and a folded-out position, in which it is released of the line. One attachment forms a chamber, in which a compression spring is placed. The compression spring is connected to a pivot pin on the mounting element associated with this one attachment in order to press this mounting element towards a first and a second rotational position corresponding, respectively, to the line-winding position and the folded-out position of the bail when the pivot pin is located on one and the other side, respectively, of an over-center point.