Fishing spinning reel

A fishing spinning reel comprising:

• a rotor that rotates forward by a winding operation of a handle;
• a reverse rotation prevention device that prevents reverse rotation of the rotor;
• and
• a switching mechanism that switches between a reverse rotation prevention state and a reverse rotation permission state in the reverse rotation prevention device, wherein
• the switching mechanism
• comprises a support shaft rotatably supported by a body of a reel main body, an operation lever attached to the support shaft, and a U-shaped spring member attached to the body,
• the support shaft is inserted and disposed in an inside of the spring member, the inside being recessed in a U-shape,
• the spring member is biased toward the inside having a U-shape and abuts on an outer surface of the support shaft, and
• the support shaft is distributed and held at a reverse rotation prevention position where the reverse rotation prevention device is in a reverse rotation prevention state and a reverse rotation permission position where the reverse rotation prevention device is in a reverse rotation permission state by abutment of the spring member.