Patent ID: 8899506

Claim:
A dual-bearing reel drag regulation mechanism configured to regulate drag force braking a spool rotatable with respect to a reel unit, the dual-bearing reel drag regulation mechanism comprising: a drag regulation lever including an attachment portion attached to a lateral surface of the reel unit, the attachment portion configured to pivot about a rotation axis of the spool between a free position and a maximum position, the free position corresponding to a drag free state for the spool to be freely rotated, the maximum position corresponding to a maximum drag state of the drag mechanism, and an operating portion extending from the attachment portion to a tip of the drag regulation lever, the operating portion configured to pivot; and an intermediate positioning mechanism including a positioning member, the positioning member retractably attached to the lateral surface of the reel unit at an intermediate position between the free position and the maximum position, the positioning member being arranged to be in a protruding state or a retracting state, the intermediate positioning mechanism configured to cause the positioning member to make contact at the intermediate position with a contact portion of the operating portion in pivoting the drag regulation lever, when the positioning member is in the protruding state, the contact portion of the operating portion disposed closer to the attachment portion than a longitudinal center of the operating portion.