Patent ID: 7165737

Claim:
A spool braking device for a dual-bearing reel comprising: a spool braking unit configured to brake a spool, the spool braking unit including a rotor having a plurality of magnetic poles that are arranged along a rotational direction with alternating polarities and a plurality of coils arranged to be spaced apart in a circumferential direction, the rotor being configured and arranged to rotate together with the spool, the coils having end faces that are arranged to face a side face of the rotor, the coils being connected in series to form a coil sequence and each of the coils having a winding diameter that is larger than a full length of the coil in a direction parallel to a center axis of the spool; a switch element connected to both ends of the coil sequence; a casting state detecting device configured to detect a casting state; and a spool control device configured to control an on/off status of the switch element based on the casting state.