Patent ID: 7559499

Claim:
A fishing reel configured to communicate with an external apparatus and adapted to be attached to a fishing rod to wind and release a fishing line, the fishing reel comprising: a reel unit adapted to be mounted on the fishing rod; a spool shaft mounted to the reel unit; a spool rotatably supported by the spool shaft, the fishing line adapted to be wound around the spool; a handle provided on the reel unit to rotate the spool; a drag mechanism directly mounted to the spool shaft and adapted to brake rotation of the spool; a one-way clutch directly mounted to the spool shaft and adapted to prohibit reverse rotation of the spool in a line-releasing direction; a tension detector configured to detect tension applied to the fishing line, the tension detector is attached between the one-way clutch and the drag mechanism; and a communication portion configured to transmit to the external apparatus data of the tension applied to the fishing line detected by the tension detector.