Fishing reel with adjustable drag force characteristics

A fishing reel comprising:

• a reel body;
• a spool for winding up a fishing line;
• a handle;
• a drive mechanism for winding a line on said spool in response to rotation of said handle;
• a drag mechanism for applying a drag force against rotation of said spool, said drag mechanism including a movable drag controller for varying the amount of drag force applied by said drag mechanism to said spool;
• and
• a drag force characteristics varying means, said drag force characteristics varying means being adjustable to increase and decrease an amount of variance of a drag force which is applied for a given unit of movement operation of said drag controller;
• and
• wherein said characteristics varying means includes a movable disk driven by a turning force of an adjusting dial transmitted through a transmission, said adjusting dial being operable to select drag variation characteristics, and a plurality of movable cams tiltable to varied degrees as engaged and supported by a holder as a result of variations in positions of contact with a plurality of projections formed on said movable disk, whereby said characteristics varying means is operable to adjust tilting amounts of said movable cams.