Dual-bearing reel unit

A dual-bearing reel body to be mounted on a fishing rod, a spool-cranking handle being disposed on a handle shaft on a proximal side of the dual-bearing reel body and a spool being disposed inside the dual-bearing reel body on a spool shaft, the dual-bearing reel body comprising:

• a frame including a pair of proximal and distal side-plates between which the spool is disposed and connection members for interconnecting the side-plates;
• a pair of proximal and distal side-covers for covering the outer sides of the two side-plates, wherein the spool-cranking handle is mounted on the proximal side-cover, and the distal side-cover can be opened and closed on the distal side-plate;
• a fishing rod mounting portion for mounting onto a fishing rod, the fishing rod mounting portion being disposed between the pair of side-plates;
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• an open/close mechanism for opening and closing the distal side-cover, the open/close mechanism including a handling part for opening and closing the distal side-cover, said handling part being accessible on the proximal side-cover.

A dual-bearing reel body to be mounted on a fishing rod, a spool-cranking handle being disposed on a handle shaft on a proximal side of the dual-bearing reel body and a spool being disposed inside the dual-bearing reel body on a spool shaft, the dual-bearing reel body comprising:

• a frame including a pair of proximal and distal side-plates between which the spool is disposed and connection members for connecting the side-plates;
• a pair of proximal and distal side-covers covering the outer sides of the two side-plates, at least one of the pair of side-covers perforated by a plurality of through-holes;
• a sealing member disposed on an inner surface of at least the one of the pair of side-covers, for covering the plurality of through-holes;
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• a fishing rod mounting portion for mounting onto the fishing rod, the fishing rod mounting portion being disposed between the pair of side-plates.