Patent ID: 7165736

Claim:
A rear drag operation structure for a spinning reel that serves to operate a rear drag mechanism arranged on a rear portion of a reel unit, comprising: a knob mounting portion including a tubular portion that is adapted to be arranged on a rear of the reel unit so as to project rearward in a tubular shape from the rear portion of the reel unit, and a male threaded portion formed on an outer peripheral surface of the tubular portion; a first rear drag knob that is mounted on a rear end portion of the knob mounting portion and which serves to finely adjust a drag force of the rear drag mechanism; and a second rear drag knob that includes a lever member and a nut member, the lever member being adapted to be disposed between the rear portion of the reel unit and a front portion of the first rear drag knob so as to be able to be brought to contact with the reel unit and the first rear drag knob, the nut member being mounted on the lever member so as to be non-rotatable but movable forward and backward relative to the lever member, the nut member being screwed onto the male threaded portion of the knob mounting portion, the drag force of the rear drag mechanism being adjusted by pivoting the lever member and thereby rotating the nut member relative to the knob mounting portion.