PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To favorably prevent generation of noise by preventing backlash between a spool shaft and a rotary shaft cylinder.SOLUTION: A spinning reel for fishing includes: a reel body 1 a spool shaft 8 provided in the reel body 1 and supporting a spool 3 around which a fishing line is wound a rotary shaft cylinder 10 into which the spool shaft 8 is inserted in such a manner that its forward and backward movements are allowed, and to which a rotor 2 is fixed and an elastic member 20 placed in an inner peripheral portion 10b of the rotary shaft cylinder 10 and in contact with an outer peripheral portion 8b of the spool shaft 8.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】スプール軸と回転軸筒とのガタを防止して異音の発生を好適に抑制する。【解決手段】リール本体1と、リール本体1に設けられ、釣糸が巻回されるスプール3を支持するスプール軸8と、スプール軸8が前後動可能に挿通され、ロータ2が固定される回転軸筒10と、回転軸筒10の内周部10bに配置され、スプール軸8の外周部8bに接触する弾性部材20と、を具備した構成とした。【選択図】図2