Patent ID: 7191969

Claim:
A fishing reel comprising: a reel body; a spool rotatably supported by the reel body; a handle shaft rotatably supported by the reel body; a handle arm provided at a distal end of the handle shaft; a transmission mechanism that transmits a rotation of the handle shaft to the spool via a drag device capable of adjusting braking force; and a braking force controlling element rotatably supported by the handle shaft, the braking force controlling element including an adjusting portion for adjusting the braking force applied to the drag device and an operation portion for the adjusting portion, wherein the operation portion includes a plurality of projections which radially extend from a center portion thereof near an axis center of the handle shaft, and each of the plurality of projections includes a bent portion and an intermediate portion, the bent portion formed at the intermediate portion of the operation portion and bent toward the reel body side, and wherein a distal end portion of the handle arm is bent toward the reel body side so as to extend over a plane on which an outer surface of the center portion of the operation portion resides.