Patent ID: 8899505

Claim:
A fishing reel comprising: a frame having a right plate and a left plate; a spool rotatably mounted between the left plate and the right plate of the frame and around which fishing line is wound; a spool cover; a main shaft passing through the spool; a level winding mechanism which moves across the spool during winding of fishing line in order to uniformly wind the fishing line over the whole width of the spool; a right outer cover fixed to the outside of the right plate; a handle operatively extending from the right outer cover in order to rotate the spool; a reel foot formed on a bottom of the frame so as to attach the reel to a fishing rod; a left outer cover fixed onto the left plate; a brake dial provided in the center of the left outer cover; an externally controllable brake device provided between the brake dial and the spool cover such that it is operated as the brake dial rotates; a brush-type brake unit provided in a side of an inner surface of the spool cover such that it is connected with the externally controllable device so as to control the rotary force of the spool while being guided laterally according to actuation of the externally controllable brake device; and a friction plate on a lateral side of the spool, with which the brush-type brake unit to be guided by the actuation of the externally controllable brake device is brought into close contact, increasing the friction force applied to the spool, the friction plate having friction holes at one side thereof in order to maximize the friction force applied to the spool when the brush-type brake unit is brought into close contact with the friction plate.