Patent ID: 7464890

Claim:
Fly fishing reel that comprises [a] a housing ( 2 , 102 , 202 ), [b] driving means ( 3 , 103 , 203 ), [c] a gearing ( 4 , 104 , 204 ), mechanically connected to said driving means ( 3 , 103 , 203 ), [d] a rotary spool ( 5 , 105 , 205 ) for winding up line ( 6 , 106 , 206 ), connected in a mechanically rigid manner to said gearing ( 4 , 104 , 204 ), with said gearing ( 4 , 104 , 204 ) and said spool ( 5 , 105 , 205 ) forming a rigid kinematic unit ( 12 , 112 , 212 ), and [e] a brake ( 8 , 108 , 208 ) with adjustable force, characterised in that [f] it comprises a one-way clutch ( 7 , 107 , 207 ) provided between said driving means ( 3 , 103 , 203 ) and said gearing ( 4 , 104 , 204 ), [g] in that said brake ( 8 , 108 , 208 ) comprises a free wheel mechanism ( 9 , 109 , 209 ) with said brake ( 8 , 108 , 208 ) acts upon said rigid kinematic unit ( 12 , 112 , 212 ), and [h] in that said force of said brake ( 8 , 108 , 208 ) is regulated continuously, so that in the line feed-out direction ( 6 , 106 , 206 ), said one-way clutch ( 7 , 107 , 207 ) is inactive and said free wheel mechanism ( 9 , 109 , 209 ) is active, whereas in the wind up direction of line ( 6 , 106 , 206 ), said one-way clutch ( 7 , 107 , 207 ) is active ( 4 , 104 , 204 ) and said free wheel mechanism ( 9 , 109 , 209 ) is inactive.