Dual-bearing reel

A dual-bearing reel including a spool for rotating in conjunction with rotation of a spool shaft and a handle, the dual-bearing reel configured to forwardly release a fishing line, the dual-bearing reel comprising:

• a reel body including a first side plate, a second side plate and a coupling part, the second side plate provided at an interval from the first side plate in an axial direction of the spool shaft, the coupling part coupling the first side plate and the second side plate;
• a cover member disposed to cover the reel body from a first side plate side, the cover member including a cover part, a bulging part, a step part and a first boss part, the cover part located outside the first side plate in the axial direction, the bulging part bulging outward from the cover part in the axial direction, the step part extending outward from the cover part in the axial direction, the step part connecting the cover part and the bulging part, the first boss part having a shape protruding outward from the bulging part in the axial direction, the first boss part configured to cause the spool shaft to be inserted therethrough;
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• a casting control mechanism including an operating member, the operating member attached to the first boss part so as to be movable in the axial direction, the operating member protruding at part of an outer periphery thereof from the bulging part as seen in the axial direction, the casting control mechanism configured to regulate a braking force for acting on the spool by movement of the operating member in the axial direction,
• a part of an outermost periphery of the operating member disposed radially outside of a boundary between the bulging part and the step part.