A spinning reel for fishing includes: a cylindrical drive shaft into which a spool shaft is inserted, rotated being linked with a handle; a front and a rear bearing to rotatably support the cylindrical drive shaft, arranged in a support section formed on the front side of a reel body; and a rotor attached to the cylindrical drive shaft, the rotor having a fishing line guide section to wind a fishing line round a spool arranged at the front section of the spool shaft. At least one of the front and the rear bearing is made up of a rolling bearing, outside portions of both the front and the rear bearing are fixed to and supported by the support section of the reel body in the axial direction, an inner race of one of the front and the rear rolling bearing is fixed to and supported by the cylindrical drive shaft in the axial direction, and an inside portion of the other of the front and the rear rolling bearing is movably arranged with respect to the cylindrical drive shaft in the axial direction. The bearing can be installed without the phase difference between the outer and the inner races, and the smooth rotation of the rotor and the smooth winding operation can be ensured.