Patent ID: 8777146

Claim:
A dual-bearing reel that forwardly reels out a fishing line, the dual-bearing reel comprising: a reel unit including a rod attachment portion that is attachable to a fishing rod; a spool being supported by the reel unit to be rotated; a handle being configured on a side of the reel unit to operate rotationally the spool; a clutch mechanism being configured between the handle and the spool; a clutch operation member including two ends being supported by the reel unit, the clutch operation member being arranged to be operated in order to make the clutch mechanism at least turning off in linking the handle and the spool; a clutch return mechanism being configured to turn the clutch mechanism on in response to rotation of the handle in a fishing-line winding direction; and a clutch control mechanism being configured between the clutch operation member and the clutch mechanism to transmit an operation of the clutch operation member to the clutch mechanism, turn the clutch mechanism to on in response to an operation of the clutch return mechanism, and return the clutch operation member from an off position to an on position, the clutch control mechanism including a clutch plate that moves in conjunction with movement of the clutch operation member from the on position to the off position and causes the clutch operation member to move from the off position to the on position in conjunction with the operation of the clutch return mechanism, the clutch plate including a first end surface closer to the on position than to the off position of the clutch operation member and a second end surface opposite to the first end surface, the clutch operation member including a contact portion at which the clutch operation member contacts at least the first end surface of the clutch plate, the contact portion including a first contact portion that is urged to the side of the reel unit by the clutch plate when the clutch operation member is moved from the off position to the on position by the clutch plate.