Patent ID: 8235320

Claim:
A dual-bearing reel attached to a fishing rod to wind a fishing line, comprising: a reel unit made of a magnesium alloy, and including a first side plate and a second side plate facing the first side plate with a predetermined space there in-between; a spool disposed between the first and second side plates by way of an opening in a side portion of the first side plate so that the spool rotates freely with respect to the first and second side plates, the fishing line being wound around an outer peripheral surface of the spool; a handle mounted to the dual-bearing reel adjacent to the second side plate and configured to rotate the spool; an engagement part made of an aluminum alloy and removably attached to an outer periphery edge of the opening of the first side plate; and a cylindrical member including an engaging section that extends from an outer peripheral side of the cylindrical member to engage with the engagement part to releasably secured the cylindrical member to the first side plate, the cylindrical member being made of an aluminum alloy and configured to support a rotary shaft of the spool, the engagement part having a plate shape, the first side plate having a mounting section that protrudes outwardly to mount the engagement part to an end face of the first side plate, the engaging section being a protrusion, the mounting section and the engagement part defining a gap to receive the protrusion, the gap being configured between the mounting section and the engagement part.