Patent ID: 7815139

Claim:
In a fly reel which includes a frame ( 1 ) having a hub ( 1 a ) at its center portion, a center shaft ( 10 )fixedly engaged to the hub ( 1 a ) of the frame ( 1 ), a spool ( 20 ) which is rotatably engaged to the center shaft ( 10 ) for winding or unwinding a fishing line, and a drag apparatus which is engaged to the center shaft ( 10 ) for controlling a rotation speed of the spool, the fly reel, comprising: a drag apparatus which includes: a drag knob ( 8 ) which is rotatably engaged to an outer side of the centershaft ( 10 ); a drag spindle ( 30 ) which is spaced apart from the drag knob ( 8 ) and is rotatably inserted around an outer side of the center shaft ( 10 ); a braking means which limits a rotation of the drag spindle ( 30 ) on the center shaft ( 10 ) depending on a movement that the drag knob ( 8 ) moves in an axial direction of the center shaft ( 10 ); an one-way bearing ( 15 ) which is inserted around an outer side of the drag spindle ( 30 ) and in which one direction rotation of the one-way bearing is permitted, and the other direction rotation of the one is not permitted; and a drag cover ( 40 ) which is rotatably inserted around and can be disengaged from an outer side of the drag spindle ( 30 ), and which allows the one-way bearing ( 15 ) to rotate when the spool ( 20 ) rotates, wherein said center shaft ( 10 ) includes a flange 10 d provided on an outer side of the center shaft for limiting an axial direction movement of the drag spindle ( 30 ), wherein the spool has a central recess for receiving the drag cover.