Sealing structure for fishing reel

A fishing reel, comprising:

• a reel unit having a master gear shaft;
• a spool shaft rotatively fitted in a central portion of said reel unit;
• a spool carried rotatively yet axially immovably on said spool shaft;
• a handle assembly detachably and reattachably disposed sideways on said reel unit and having;
• a handle
• a handle spindle having a spindle-formed portion coupled detachably and reattachably to said master gear shaft of said fishing reels, said reel unit a having an inner peripheral surface disposed about an outer peripheral surface of said spindle-formed portion of said handle spindle, said reel unit rotatably supporting said handle spindle;
• and
• a seal member for sealing a clearance between said spindle-formed portion of said handle spindle and said reel unit, and having
• a cylindrical portion made of an elastic substance and mountable on said spindle-formed portion of said handle spindle, and
• a sealing portion formed integrally on an outer circumferential surface of said cylindrical portion and tapering toward said inner peripheral surface of said reel unit such that a distal edge of said sealing portion can contact said reel unit.