Patent ID: 8820670

Claim:
A dual-bearing reel for forwardly releasing a fishing line, the dual bearing reel comprising: a reel unit including a frame, a first cover configured to cover a first side of the frame, the first cover having a recess and a circular opening formed in the recess, the first cover having an outer surface being a three-dimensionally curved surface, a second cover configured to cover a second side of the frame, and a shaft support part mounted to the first cover, the shaft support part being relatively rotatable to the first cover, the shaft support part being pivotable between an attachment position being attached to the frame and a detachment position being detached from the frame, the shaft support part having a knob portion disposed astride the opening; a handle rotatably attached to the reel unit on a side of the second cover; a spool shaft supported at an end thereof by the shaft support part; a spool mounted to the spool shaft to be rotated in conjunction with rotation of the handle; and a rotary operation knob protruding through the opening of the first cover, the rotary operation knob disposed concentrically to the spool shaft in a position where the knob portion is disposed axially outside and astride the rotary operation knob so as to cover a part of the rotary operation knob.