Patent ID: 7086621

Claim:
A fishing reel comprising: a spool rotatably supported in a reel main body; a support member integrally rotating with said spool; a plurality of brake members slidably supported to said support member; an annular brake surface provided in said reel main body, said brake surface being slidingly contactable with said brake members by a centrifugal force applied to said brake member when said spool is rotated; a plurality of urging means maintaining said brake members in a state which said brake members are respectively apart from said brake surface by a predetermined distance and urging said brake members in a direction which said brake members move away from said brake surface according to the rotation of said spool; and an adjusting mechanism adjusting a sliding contact force between said brake member and said brake surface being exerted when said brake member slidingly contacts with said brake surface against an urging force of said urging means; said urging means being a cantilever member provided in said support member so as to extend in a rotational direction of said spool and having a free end and a fixed end; said adjusting mechanism shifting said urging means in said rotational direction so that said brake members shift between said free end and said fixed end of said urging means.