PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electric reel for fishing facilitated to easily perform clutch operation and winding operation of a driving motor while performing thumbing operation of a spool.SOLUTION: The electric reel for fishing includes a spool 7 on which a fishline is wound, a driving motor 8 for rotationally driving the spool and provided on the reel body 5, an operating member 30 controlling output of the driving motor 8, a clutch OFF switching member 18 switching the operation of the spool 7 from a fishline winding state to a freely rotating state, and a clutch ON switching member 19 switching the operation of the spool 7 from a freely rotating state to a fishline winding state. The operating part 30a of the operating member 30 and the operating part 19a of the clutch ON switching member 19 are arranged at a position able to operate by a finger in a condition thumbing the spool.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】スプールのサミング操作を行いつつ、クラッチ操作や駆動モータの巻き取り操作が容易に行える魚釣用電動リールを提供する.【解決手段】本発明に係る魚釣用電動リールは、釣糸が巻回されるスプール7と、リール本体5に設けられ、スプールを回転駆動する駆動モータ8と、駆動モータ8の出力を調整する操作部材30と、スプール7を、釣糸巻き取り状態からフリー回転状態に切り換え操作するクラッチOFF切換部材18と、スプール7を、フリー回転状態から釣糸巻き取り状態に切り換え操作するクラッチON切換部材19とを有する。そして、操作部材30の操作部30a、及びクラッチON切換部材19の操作部19aは、スプールをサミング操作している状態の指で操作可能な位置に配置されている。【選択図】図5