A dual-bearing reel being capable of regulating relative rotation between a drive gear that interlocks with a spool and a drive shaft includes a braking device, a ring, a drag adjustment part and a sound unit. The ring is configured to be integrally rotatable with the drive shaft, configured to be pressed toward the drive gear, and has a sound generating part disposed at an outer periphery thereof. The drag adjustment part is configured to adjust a pressing force of the braking device. The sound unit is mounted to the drive gear and extends toward the sound generating part, so as to contact the sound generating part in an axial direction of the drive gear, and is configured to generate sound by interfering with the sound generating part by relative rotation between the drive gear and the drive shaft.

A sound generator can be easily attached to a spool, and is excellent in sound generation properties while realizing downsizing and weight reduction. A spool of a fishing spinning reel includes a spool body, a thread formed concentrically with an insertion hole, and a sound generator provided separately from the spool body. The sound generator includes an inner peripheral wall in which the thread screwed into a screwed thread is formed concentrically with the insertion hole, an outer peripheral wall disposed at an interval radially outside of the inner peripheral wall and in which a ratchet groove for sound generation is formed concentrically with the insertion hole, and a bottom wall connecting the inner peripheral wall and the outer peripheral wall. A recess surrounded by the inner peripheral wall, the outer peripheral wall, and the bottom wall is provided.

A baitcaster for retrieving a fishing line. The baitcaster includes a housing, a spool, and a noisemaker configured to alert a user in response to rotation of the spool. The spool is positioned at least partially within the housing, defines an inner volume, and includes a spindle. The noisemaker includes a sprocket having a plurality of teeth, a pawl positioned alongside the sprocket, and a set of arms abutting the pawl. The set of arms are positioned on opposite sides of the pawl. The pawl is positioned to engage with the plurality of teeth of the sprocket when the sprocket rotates. The noisemaker creates an audible alert when the pawl engages the plurality of teeth and thereafter disengages from the plurality of teeth of the sprocket.

A fishing reel includes a casing having an inner surface. The fishing reel further includes a spool assembly configured to rotate about an axis and having an outer surface located radially inward relative to the inner surface of the casing and defining at least one pocket. The fishing reel further includes at least one body configured to be received by the at least one pocket and to move within the at least one pocket between a first position in which the at least one body fails to contact the inner surface of the casing and a second position in which the at least one body contacts the inner surface of the casing.

A sound generator comprises a protrusion and a recess that are alternatingly disposed in a circumferential direction. The recess comprises a first apex that is a boundary with one adjacent protrusion, a first face that is continuous to the first apex, and is recessed in a radially outward direction, a second face that is continuous to the first face, and a second apex that is continuous to the second face, and is a boundary with the other protrusion that is adjacent to the recess. A length L2 from the second apex to a deepest portion of the recess is longer than a length L1 from the first apex to the deepest portion of the recess.

A dual-bearing reel being capable of regulating relative rotation between a drive gear that interlocks with a spool and a drive shaft includes a braking device, a ring, a drag adjustment part and a sound unit. The ring is configured to be integrally rotatable with the drive shaft, configured to be pressed toward the drive gear, and has a sound generating part disposed at an outer periphery thereof. The drag adjustment part is configured to adjust a pressing force of the braking device. The sound unit is mounted to the drive gear and extends toward the sound generating part, so as to contact the sound generating part in an axial direction of the drive gear, and is configured to generate sound by interfering with the sound generating part by relative rotation between the drive gear and the drive shaft.

The drag device is a device that regulates the relative rotation between a drive gear that interlocks with a spool and a drive shaft. The drag device includes a first drag member, a star drag, and a sound unit. The first drag member is configured to be integrally rotatable with the drive shaft, includes a pressing side configured to be pressed against the drive gear, and has a sound generating part on the pressing side. The star drag is configured to adjust a pressing force of the first drag member. The sound unit is configured to interlock with the drive gear, is disposed so as to face the sound generating part, and is configured to generate sound by interfering with the sound generating part by relative rotation between the drive gear and the drive shaft.

An illuminating strike indicator for fishing reels provides an electrical circuit comprising a power source and a first path connected to the power source that comprises a first control switch, a first light source, and an illumination switch in series, where the illumination switch electromechanically engages with a gear provided on a spool of the reel, such that when the first control switch is in an on position, the electromechanical engagement between the illumination switch and the gear provided on the spool alternately closes and opens the first path.