Patent ID: 8807471

Claim:
A fishing reel, comprising: a housing, including a side plate; a gear stud rotatably disposed relative to the housing to rotate about a first axis; a main gear concentrically disposed relative to the gear stud, the main gear interacting with another gear to rotate a spool about a second axis; a drag stack concentrically disposed relative to the gear stud; a one way clutch concentrically disposed relative to the gear stud; a clutch sleeve disposed within and engaging the one-way clutch, the clutch sleeve being constrained to rotate with the gear stud; an adjustment member disposed outside the housing that provides a user interface for adjusting a desired drag; a drag adjuster that transmits drag adjustments from the adjustment member to the drag stack without axially displacing the clutch sleeve; wherein the clutch sleeve is substantially axially fixed relative to the side plate.