Fishing reel clutch

A fishing reel comprising,

• a housing including side frame members;
• spool means including a spool shaft supported between said side frame members;
• pinion gear means being slidably mounted on said spool shaft for selectively rotating together with said spool shaft in a first position and being disengaged from rotating together with said spool shaft in a second position;
• a main gear means rotatably disposed within said housing, said main gear means being operatively connected to a handle shaft means for rotation therewith and said main gear means being operably engaged with said pinion gear means;
• a clutch lever means operatively mounted within said housing and operably connected to the pinion gear means for movably positioning the pinion gear means on the spool shaft to assume said second position;
• rotating disk means being operatively connected to said handle shaft means for rotation therewith, said rotating disk means including at least one clutch switch pin mounted thereon;
• clutch switch plate means being operatively mounted within said housing and being in releasable locking engagement with said clutch lever means for selectively preventing said clutch lever means from returning to a normal position wherein said clutch lever means is disengaged from said pinion gear means;
• and
• clutch returning lever means being operatively mounted within said housing and being manually engageable with said clutch switch plate means to release said clutch switch plate means from locking engagement with said clutch lever means to permit said pinion gear means to assume said first position on said spool shaft;
• said at least one clutch switch pin being mounted for engagement with said clutch switch plate means to automatically release said clutch switch plate means from locking engagement with said clutch lever means upon rotation of said rotating disk means.