Patent ID: 7631829

Claim:
A fishing reel comprising: a reel body; a spool shaft rotatably supported by the reel body; a spool for winding a fishing line thereon, fixed to the spool shaft; an electrically conductive body that is arranged at one side of the spool and is axially movably supported by the spool shaft; a magnet provided on the reel body and arranged so as to be radially opposed to the electrically conductive body; a radially moving member which axially moves in response to rotation of the spool, and allows the electrically conductive body to enter into and retreat from a magnetic field of the magnet by an engaging action with the spool so as to increase and decrease a magnetic braking force to be exerted on the spool; and an axial movement holding mechanism that holds the magnet and allows the magnet to axially move relative to the reel body.