Fishing reel with adjustable let-off limit

A fishing rod and reel comprising,

• a rod having a handle,
• a spool having a hub with an axial bore therethrough,
• a hollow sleeve having one end thereof mounted on one side of the rod handle, said sleeve extending through the hub bore and rotatably supporting the hub thereon,
• a shaft lengthwise slideable through the hollow sleeve,
• spline means on one end portion of the shaft for non-rotatably connecting the hub and said shaft whereby the shaft and the hub rotate together and the shaft slides lengthwise through the sleeve,
• threads on the opposite end portion of the shaft,
• nut means threadedly engaged on said threads for driving said shaft lengthwise in one direction or the other through the hollow sleeve in response to rotation of the shaft relative to the nut in one rotative direction or the other,
• wrench means movably mounted on said rod handle for selective engagement and disengagement with the nut means,
• and breaking means on said one end portion of the shaft for breakingly engaging the hub in response to lengthwise movement of the shaft in a direction to move the breaking means towards the hub.