Patent ID: 7216825
Filing Date: 2007-05-15
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A fishing reel comprising: a reel body attachable to a fishing rod; a spool rotatably supported by the reel body; a handle disposed at a side portion of the reel body for rotating the spool to winding a fishing line on the spool; a clutch mechanism for switching between a spool free state and a reeling state; and an auxiliary operating member for auxiliary winding the fishing line on the spool provided at a position in which the auxiliary operating member can be operated by a finger of an angler's hand holding the fishing rod to which the reel body is attached, wherein, when the auxiliary operating member is operated at a time that the clutch mechanism is in the spool free state, the operation of the auxiliary operating member causes the clutch mechanism to switch from the spool free state to the reeling state.